Payne v. Shelton
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Jennings Circuit Court; John R. Carney, Judge. Action by Earl Shelton against John Barton Payne, Director General of Railroads, Agent. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtNichols, J.
— Appellee was a section hand on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railroad, then being operated by the United States Government. The railroad company was originally a party defendant, but the cause was finally tried on the amended complaint, with appellant as the sole party defendant.
There was a motion to make the amended complaint more specific, which was overruled; a demurrer to the *125amended complaint which was overruled, and a trial by jury which resulted in a verdict of $1,500 for appellee, on which after appellant’s motion for a new trial -was overruled, judgment was rendered.
Appellant…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Lemasters v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1900
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. BischIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
- Bunker v. Union Pacific RailroadUtah Supreme Court · 1911
- Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. MolloyIndiana Court of Appeals · 1922
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