Cincinnati, Hamilton & Indianapolis Railroad v. Butler

Decided September 16, 1885. Joseph A.S. Mitchell wrote the opinion for the court.

103 Ind. 31 · Cited 70 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Bellefontaine Railway Co. v. Hunter · 33 Ind. 335
• Kesler v. Myers · 41 Ind. 543
• Toledo, Wabash & Western Railway Co. v. Brannagan · 75 Ind. 490
• Hathaway v. Toledo, Wabash, & Western Railway Co. · 46 Ind. 25
• St. Louis & South-Eastern Railway Co. v. Mathias · 50 Ind. 65
• Toledo Wabash, & Western Railway Co. v. Shuckman · 50 Ind. 42
• Irwin v. Smith · 72 Ind. 482
• State ex rel. Evans v. President of the Peru · 44 Ind. 350
• Cordell v. New York Central & Hudson River Railroad · 64 N.Y. 535

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• Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago Railway Co. v. Howard · 124 Ind. 280
• Cincinnati, Hamilton & Indianapolis Railway Co. v. Duncan · 143 Ind. 524
• Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. Williams · 172 Ala. 560
• Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago Railway Co. v. Grames · 136 Ind. 39
• Smith v. Wabash Railroad · 141 Ind. 92
• Baltimore & Ohio & Chicago Railroad v. Walborn · 127 Ind. 142
• Indiana, Bloomington & Western Railway Co. v. Greene · 106 Ind. 279
• Baldwin v. Washington Motor Coach Co. · 82 P.2d 131
• Mann v. Belt Railroad & Stock Yard Co. · 128 Ind. 138
• Oleson v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. · 143 Ind. 405
• Wagoner v. Wilson · 108 Ind. 210
• Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. Stick · 143 Ind. 449
• Belt Railroad & Stock Yard Co. v. Mann · 107 Ind. 89
• Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Burton · 139 Ind. 357
• Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. Hill · 117 Ind. 56
• Griffin v. Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. · 124 Ind. 326
• Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway Co. v. Hedges · 118 Ind. 5
• Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. Stommel · 126 Ind. 35
• Pennsylvania Co. v. Meyers · 136 Ind. 242
• Indiana, Bloomington & Western Railway Co. v. Hammock · 113 Ind. 1
• Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago Railway Co. v. Long · 112 Ind. 166
• Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Fraze · 150 Ind. 576
• Krenzer v. Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. · 151 Ind. 587
• Brannen v. Kokomo, Greentown & Jerome Gravel Road Co. · 115 Ind. 115
• Headley v. Denver & Rio Grande Railroad · 60 Colo. 500

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