Pennsylvania Co. v. Reesor

108 N.E. 983, 60 Ind. App. 636, 1915 Ind. App. LEXIS 59
Indiana Court of Appeals·Decided May 25, 1915·No. No. 8,469·Published·Cited by 13 cases

Opinion

Shea, C. J.

Appellee, as administrator, brought this action to recover damages for the death of his decedent, who was struck and killed by a train of appellant in the city of Valparaiso, Indiana, on July 27, 1908. The cause was tried on the third and fourth paragraphs of amended complaint. The [640] third paragraph is predicated upon the theory of wilful injury. Inasmuch as the verdict of the jury is based wholly on the fourth paragraph, the third is not set out in this opinion. The fourth paragraph alleges in substance that in July, 1908, decedent was a student at Valparaiso University in the city of Valparaiso, Indiana-; that appellant’s double track line of railroad and right of way adjoins the grounds of the university at and near the crossing of Greenwich Street in said city; that on the evening of July 27, 1908, between six and seven o’clock, decedent was walking east on appellant’s south track near said Greenwich Street crossing within the corporate limits of the city; that at the same time a passenger train operated by appellant was approaching decedent on the south track from the west, one of its trains from the east was approaching and passing decedent on appellant’s north track; that the noise of the passing train running west prevented decedent from hearing the approach of the train running east, and on that account he did not at any time know that he was in danger of being run over by said train; that the engineer in charge of the train running east, when more than 800 feet away from decedent, saw him on the track in front of the train, and then and there discovered that he was in peril and unaware thereof, and continuously thereafter observed him on the track, and realized his danger; that said engineer “discovered said peril in time, by the exercise of ordinary care to have avoided the injury to said decedent, but negligently failed to do so, and defendant, by its agents and servants then and there carelessly and negligently ran said locomotive and train of cars against 'and over decedent,” thereby causing his injuries and death; that appellant’s agents and servants operating said locomotive and train were engaged in the discharge of [641] their respective duties and acting in the line of their employment; that decedent was 22 years old, of sound health and large earning capacity, and left his father and mother and brothers and sisters as next of Mn, for whose benefit the action was instituted. Demurrers to each of these paragraphs were overruled. An answer in general denial formed the issues submitted to a jury for trial, resulting in verdict and judgment for appellee. With its general verdict, the jury returned answers to certain interrogatories.

It is assigned that the court erred in overruling, (1) appellant’s motion for judgment on the facts found in answer to the interrogatories notwithstanding the general verdict; (2) its motion for judgment notwithstanding the general verdict (on the pleadings) ; (3) its demurrer to each the third and fourth paragraphs of amended complaint; (4) its motion for a new trial; (5) its motion in arrest of judgment.

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