Lafayette Telephone Co. v. Cunningham
Indiana Court of Appeals
Prom Tippecanoe Superior Court; Henry H. Vinton, Judge. Action by John F. Cunningham against the Lafayette Telephone Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHottel, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment in appellee’s favor in an action brought by him in the Tippecanoe Superior Court to recover damages for injuries resulting from his tripping and falling over a guy wire alleged to have been negligently erected and maintained by appellant in Romig street in the city of Lafayette. The complaint was in two paragraphs, each of which was demurred to on the ground that the facts stated therein were not sufficient to constitute a cause of action. Each demurrer was overruled, and appellant then filed an answer in general denial. The issues thus joined were tried by a…
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