Dillier v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.
Indiana Court of Appeals
Erom Delaware Circuit Court; G. II. Koons, Judge. Action by Dove S. Dillier, as administratrix de bonis non of the estate of William EL Eortner, deceased, against the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Eailway Company. Erom a judgment for defendant non obstante veredicto, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, C. J.
This was an action to recover damages for the death of William EL Eortner, the appellant’s intestate, caused by the appellee “violently, wrongfully, unlawfully and negligently” running its locomotive engine against him 'when he was crossing the railroad upon a street in the city of Muncie, Delaware county. Ongolia Eortner, widow of the intestate, became the administratrix of his estate, and as such instituted the action. Upon suggestion of her death, the appellant, Dove S. Dillier, administratrix de bonis non of the estate of William EL Eortner, deceased, was substituted as the plaintiff, and…
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