Legal Opinion

W. B. Conkey Co. v. Larsen

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided March 10, 1910No. 21,448PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Prom Laporte Superior Court; Harry B. Tuthill, Judge. Action by John Larsen, by his next friend, against the W. B. Conkey Company. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtHadley, C. J.

This was an action for an injury to the hand, received by an employe while operating a mortising machine in the appellant’s electrotyping plant. The complaint is in two paragraphs, to each of which a demurrer for an insufficiency of facts was overruled. An answer in general denial was then filed, trial by jury, and verdict for the plaintiff for $6,500, for which amount judgment was rendered over a motion for judgment on answers to interrogatories and a motion for a new trial.

The errors relied on for reversal are: (1) Overruling appellant’s demurrer to the first paragraph of the complaint; (2)…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad v. DuelIndiana Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Atlas Engine Works v. RandallIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  3. Malott v. SampleIndiana Supreme Court · 1905
  4. Republic Iron & Steel Co. v. OhlerIndiana Supreme Court · 1903
  5. Ervin v. State ex rel. WalleyIndiana Supreme Court · 1897

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend Railway Co.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1910
  2. Lavene v. FriedrichsIndiana Supreme Court · 1917
  3. Wilks v. St. Louis & San Francisco RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1911
  4. Shirts v. ShultzIdaho Supreme Court · 1955
  5. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. StevensIndiana Court of Appeals · 1911

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