Grand Trunk Western Railway Co. v. Thrift Trust Co.
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Porter Circuit Court; A. D. Bartholomew, Judge. Action by tbe Thrift Trust Company, administrator of tbe estate of Gustav Fritz, deceased, against tbe Grand Trunk Western Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, tbe defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHottel, J.
The facts wbicb gave rise to the litigation resulting in this appeal are in substance as follows:
On October 29, 1912, Gustav Fritz was in tbe employ of appellant railway company, and while so employed received injuries wbicb resulted in bis death. He left surviving him as heirs and next of kin a widow and four children. Tbe Thrift Trust'Com*202pany was appointed administrator of the estate of said decedent, and as such filed a complaint in the trial court in two paragraphs, in each of which it alleges that decedent’s death was caused by appellant’s negligence as therein specifically charged, and…
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