Legal Opinion

Chicago, St. Louis & Pittsburgh Railroad v. Fry

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided October 30, 1891No. 14,789PublishedCited by 22 opinions

From the Cass Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.

The appellee, as the legal representative of *321Daniel L. Ery, deceased, brought this action against the appellant to recover for injuries received by him while in the service of appellant as brakeman on a freight train, which ■caused his death.

The.complaint charges that one of the cars of the defendant’s train upon which the decedent was employed was what is called a “ gondola ” car, upon which the brake-staff was located at the end of and close to the edge of the car; that this brake-staff was dangerous and unsafe to be used for the purpose for which it was intended and provided, by reason of…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. v. AdamsIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
  2. Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad v. McMullenIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
  3. Stix v. SadlerIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
  4. Locke v. Merchants National BankIndiana Supreme Court · 1879
  5. Gutridge v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1887

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Colorado &. S. Ry. Co. v. RoweTexas Commission of Appeals · 1922
  2. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. GossettIndiana Supreme Court · 1909
  3. McNamara v. Boston & Maine RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1909
  4. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. BatesIndiana Supreme Court · 1896
  5. Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co. v. BarkerIndiana Supreme Court · 1908

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