Steuben Township v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Prom Dekalb Circuit Court; Frank M. Powers, Judge. Action by Steuben Township of Steuben County against the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company. From a judgment for defendant, the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, P. J.
Appellant brought this action in the Steuben Circuit Court August 31, 1910, to recover damages for certain injuries to a public highway in appellant township, alleged to have been caused by the wrongful conduct of appellee. In the Dekalb Circuit Court to which the cause was sent on a change of venue, appellee withdrew all paragraphs of answer except the third. Appellant’s demurrer for want to facts, filed to said third paragraph was overruled, whereupon judgment was rendered against appellant on its refusal to plead further.
The averments of the complaint are to the effect that in the year…
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