Legal Opinion

Smith v. Wabash Railroad

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided April 12, 1895No. 16,878PublishedCited by 65 opinions

Prom the Warren Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtMonks, J.

This was an action by appellant against appellee to recover damages on account of a personal in*94jury sustained by him at a point where appellee’s railroad crosses Main street in the city of Danville, Illinois.

A special verdict was returned and judgment was rendered thereon in favor of appellee. This ruling of the court is assigned as error here.

Unless all the facts essential to a recovery by appellant are found in the special verdict, there was no error in rendering judgment thereon in favor of appellee.

It is stated in the special verdict, that Main street, in the city of Danville, Illinois,…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Cincinnati, Hamilton & Indianapolis Railroad v. ButlerIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  2. Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago Railway Co. v. GramesIndiana Supreme Court · 1893
  3. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad v. HedgesIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
  4. Bellefontaine Railway Co. v. HunterIndiana Supreme Court · 1870
  5. Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. HillIndiana Supreme Court · 1888

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3Cited by65 opinions

  1. Board of Commissioners v. BonebrakeIndiana Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Malott v. HawkinsIndiana Supreme Court · 1902
  3. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. ClarkIndiana Court of Appeals · 1912
  4. Oleson v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1896
  5. Illinois Central Railroad v. CheekIndiana Supreme Court · 1899

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