Legal Opinion · Dissent

New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad v. Henderson

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided December 12, 1957No. 29,614Published

1Dissent

*485' Dissenting Opinion

Bobbitt, J.

I dissent from the majority opinion for the following reasons:

First: As one of the grounds for transfer it is asserted that the opinion of the Appellate Court contravenes a ruling precedent of this court in Worster v. Caylor (1953), 231 Ind. 625, 110 N. E. 2d 337, on the question of res ipsa loquitur, because appellant herein allegedly did not “detail all the facts” as was done in that case.

In the Worster Case the plaintiff (appellant) called the defendant (the doctor who performed the operation) as his (appellant’s) witness and as such he detailed fully and…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Sweeney v. ErvingSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  2. Prest-O-Lite Co. v. SkeelIndiana Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Briske v. Village of BurnhamIllinois Supreme Court · 1942
  4. Worster v. CaylorIndiana Supreme Court · 1953
  5. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. HoffmanIndiana Court of Appeals · 1914

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