Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western Railroad v. Little
Indiana Supreme Court
From Marion Superior Court (105,056); John H. Kingsbury, Special Judge. Action by Earl-W. Little, Administrator of the estate of Otto J. Owen, deceased, against the Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Western Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtEwbank, J.
— Appellee, as administrator, sued appellant for damages for causing the death of appellee’s decedent, Otto J. Owen, while he was operating one of appellant’s railroad locomotives engaged in interstate commerce. Appellee recovered a general verdict and a judgment for $18,000 damages.
The complaint, in a single paragraph, is hereafter set out. Appellant filed motions to make the complaint more specific, in four particulars, as enumerated, which motions- were each overruled and appellant excepted. It then demurred to the complaint for alleged failure to state facts sufficient to constitute a…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. EarnestSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- City of Delphi v. LoweryIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
- Union Pacific Railroad v. HadleySupreme Court of the United States · 1918
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