Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. Brown
Indiana Court of Appeals
From Steuben Circuit Court; Ezra D. Hartman, Judge. Action by Isaac Brown, as administrator of the estate of Emmett Brown, deceased, against the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company. From a judgment on a verdict for plaintiff for $650, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRabb, J.
The appellee’s intestate was killed by being struck by appellant’s locomotive drawing a fast passenger-train over appellant’s road, the accident occurring on the night of July 23, 1900, at the crossing of appellant’s road and Wayne street, in the town of Waterloo. This action was brought to recover damages for the death of the intestate, which the appellee charges was caused by the negligence of the appellant. There was a jury trial, resulting in a general verdict in favor of appellee. With their general verdict the jury returned answers to interrogatories submitted to them by the court. The…
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