Legal Opinion

Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad v. Spencer

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 11, 1884No. 11,193PublishedCited by 80 opinions

From the White Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtElliott, C. J.

The complaint seeks the recovery of damages for injuries received by Lilla E. Spencer.

The only objection urged to the complaint which is not founded upon a misconception of .its language, is, that it is bad because there is no allegation that the negligence of the railroad company on whose train Mrs. Spencer was a passenger did not contribute to the injury, and this objection is not well founded. A passenger who is himself without fault is entitled to recover for injuries inflicted through the negligence of another railroad company in running into the train of the company that has undertaken…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Barrett v. . the Third Avenue R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1871
  2. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad v. MillerMichigan Supreme Court · 1872
  3. Ohio & Mississippi R. W. Co. v. CollarnIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
  4. Toledo & Wabash Railway Co. v. GoddardIndiana Supreme Court · 1865
  5. Binford v. JohnstonIndiana Supreme Court · 1882

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3Cited by80 opinions

  1. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. v. AdamsIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
  2. Pennsylvania Co. v. MarionIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  3. City of Indianapolis v. KingsburyIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Rogers v. LeydenIndiana Supreme Court · 1891
  5. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. MillerIndiana Supreme Court · 1894

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