Legal Opinion

Potter v. Knox County Lumber Co.

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided October 16, 1896No. 17,866PublishedCited by 6 opinions

From the Knox Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtHoward, J.

It is contended, on this appeal, that the trial court erred in sustaining appellee’s demurrer to appellant’s complaint.

The complaint is for damages on account of an accident to appellant in appellee’s saw mill. Appellant was employed as a sawyer by appellee, and had been ar work but three days at the time of his injury. In the course of his employment it became necessary for him to adjust a belt upon a pulley. To do this he had to pass from the upper to the lower part of the mill. He passed down carefully and by the usual'way provided by appellee for him to go. Along and close to this…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad v. DuelIndiana Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Peerless Stone Co. v. WrayIndiana Supreme Court · 1896
  3. Pennsylvania Co. v. CongdonIndiana Supreme Court · 1893
  4. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. KurtzIndiana Court of Appeals · 1893

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. PowersIndiana Supreme Court · 1909
  2. Fulwider v. Trenton Gas, Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1909
  3. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad v. State ex rel. GreenwoodIndiana Supreme Court · 1902
  4. Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co. v. TackettIndiana Court of Appeals · 1904
  5. American Rolling Mill Co. v. HullingerIndiana Supreme Court · 1903

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