Wallace v. Thompson
Indiana Court of Appeals
Action by William E. Thompson, as administrator of the estate of John Thompson, deceased, against Benjamin E. Wallace and another. Prom a judgment for plaintiff for $2,000 against said Wallace, he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLairy, J.
Appellee brought this action in the Porter Superior Court against appellant and the Grand Trunk and Western Railway Company, to recover damages resulting from the death of John Thompson. The issues formed by the amended complaint were submitted to a jury, which returned a verdict in favor of appellee and against appellant. At the conclusion of the evidence the defendant railway company moved that the court instruct the jury to return a verdict in its favor, which motion was sustained, and a verdict returned in favor of said defendant. Appellant filed *213a demurrer to appellee’s amended…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Chicago & Northwestern Railroad v. MorandaIllinois Supreme Court · 1879
- Wright v. . New York Central Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1862
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. LightheiserIndiana Supreme Court · 1904
- Ohio & Mississippi Railroad v. TindallIndiana Supreme Court · 1859
- Indianapolis & Greenfield Rapid Transit Co. v. ForemanIndiana Supreme Court · 1904
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- Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad v. CowanIndiana Court of Appeals · 1916