Legal Opinion

City of Indianapolis v. Stokes

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided June 2, 1914No. 22,464PublishedCited by 15 opinions

From Johnson Circuit Court; William E. Deupree, Judge. Action by Estella S. Stokes against the City o£ Indianapolis. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtEbwin, J.

The appellee brought suit against the appellant and the Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company for personal injuries received by her while alighting from a car of the traction company, in the city of Indianapolis. The cause was tried in Johnson County. At the close of the evidence appellee dismissed her cause as to the traction company. The negligence charged against the appellant was its failure to keep its streets in proper repair and in allowing certain holes to remain in its street, into which appellee *33stepped, or was thrown when alighting from one of the cars of the traction company.…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. HadleyIndiana Supreme Court · 1907
  2. Illinois Central Railroad v. CheekIndiana Supreme Court · 1899
  3. Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad v. SheeksIndiana Supreme Court · 1900
  4. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. SimonsIndiana Supreme Court · 1907
  5. Town of Spiceland v. AlierIndiana Supreme Court · 1884

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Hibschman Pontiac, Inc. v. BatchelorIndiana Supreme Court · 1977
  2. Indiana Pipe Line Co. v. ChristensenIndiana Supreme Court · 1919
  3. Kawneer Manufacturing Co. v. KalterIndiana Supreme Court · 1918
  4. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad v. BerdonIndiana Supreme Court · 1924
  5. Tutwiler v. SnodgrassIndiana Court of Appeals · 1981

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