Chicago & Erie Railroad v. Mitchell
Indiana Supreme Court
From Superior Court of Allen County; Carl Yaple, Judge. Action by Robert G. Mitchell, administrator of the estate of James C. Hill, deceased, again-st the Chicago and Erie Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals. (Transferred from the Appellate Court under §1405 Burns 1914, Acts 1901 p. 590.)
1Opinion of the CourtCox, J.
1. This appeal is from a judgment against appellant for negligently causing the death of appellee’s decedent, James C. Hill, while in appellant’s employ. The errors assigned and relied on for reversal are the action of the court (1) in overruling appellant’s demurrer to appellee’s complaint, (2) in overruling appellant’s motion to direct a verdict for it by peremptory instruction, and (3) in overruling appellant’s motion for a new trial. The only objection to the complaint raised in appellant’s propositions or points in support of the first alleged error is the claim that while the complaint…
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