Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Peirce
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Marion Circuit Court (10,537) II. O. Allen, Judge. Action by Elizabeth Peirce as administratrix of the estate of Ferdinand N. Armstrong, deceased, against the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company. From a judgment rendered on a verdict for $2,250, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWiley, J.
Appellee sued appellant to recover damages for causing the death of the decedent, alleging that it resulted from appellant’s negligence. Her complaint was in one paragraph, to which a demurrer was overruled. Appellant’s motion to make the complaint more specific was also overruled. Appellant answered in two paragraphs, to the second of which appellee replied in three paragraphs, to the second and third paragraphs of which a demurrer was overruled. Trial by jury, verdict and judgment for appellee. The jury also found specially by its answers to interrogatories addressed to it. Appellant’s…
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