Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Lynn
Indiana Supreme Court
From Superior Court of Vigo County; S. G. Stimson, Judge. Action by Robert R. Lynn against the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company. From a judgment on a verdict for plaintiff for $7,000, defendant appeals. Appealed from Appellate Court under §1394 Burns 1908, cl. 3, Acts 1901, p. 565, §10.
1Opinion of the CourtGillett, C. J.
Appellee, who was the plaintiff below, sued appellant, charging it with negligence in the operation of one of its trains, whereby appellee was injured in attempting to cross appellant’s track, at a point .where it intersected a street in the city of Terre Haute. The second and third paragraphs of complaint, on which the cause was tried, seek to predicate negligence in running said train over said cross.ing without ringing the bell or whistling, and in violation of an ordinance limiting the speed of locomotives and cars to five miles per hour. The objection urged against these paragraphs is…
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