Legal Opinion

Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago Railway Co. v. Summers

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 15, 1867PublishedCited by 12 opinions

APPEAL from the Tipton Common Pleas.

1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.

— Suit by Summers against the railroad com*522pany, by the name of “The-President and Directors of the Indianapolis, Peru and Chicago Railway Co.,” under the statute, for stock killed on the track of the railway by a train of the company, the road not being fenced. The suit resulted in a judgment for the plaintiff. The railway company appeals. The first step taken by the defendant was to file a plea in abatement, by which it is alleged that the “Indianapolis, Peru and Chicago Railway Co.,” against which the plaintiff has brought his suit, by the name of “ The President and Directors of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Bradley v. Bank of the StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1863
  2. Harrison v. LockhartIndiana Supreme Court · 1865

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Champ v. KendrickIndiana Supreme Court · 1892
  2. Doughty v. FunkSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
  3. Dawson v. VaughanIndiana Supreme Court · 1873
  4. Commissioners of Morgan County v. HolmanIndiana Supreme Court · 1870
  5. Toledo Agricultural Works v. WorkIndiana Supreme Court · 1880

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