Illinois Central Railroad v. Cheek

Decided April 27, 1899. James H. Jordan wrote the opinion for the court.

152 Ind. 663 · Cited 57 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.

• Nave v. Flack · 90 Ind. 205
• Smith v. Wabash Railroad · 141 Ind. 92
• Lake Erie & Western Railway Co. v. Fix · 88 Ind. 381
• Smith v. Wells Manufacturing Co. · 148 Ind. 333
• Cleveland, Etc., Railway Co. v. Moneyhun · 146 Ind. 147
• Pennsylvania Co. v. Marion · 123 Ind. 415
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Kelly · 92 Ind. 371
• Forsyth v. Wilcox · 143 Ind. 144
• Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railroad v. Schmidt · 147 Ind. 638
• New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Doane · 115 Ind. 435
• Shepard v. Goben · 142 Ind. 318
• Naanes v. State · 143 Ind. 299
• Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. Stansberry · 132 Ind. 533
• Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad v. Talbot · 131 Ind. 221
• Bower v. Bower · 146 Ind. 393
• Prothero v. Citizens' Street Railway Co. · 134 Ind. 431
• Stoner v. Pennsylvania Co. · 98 Ind. 384
• Davis v. Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway Co. · 69 Miss. 136

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• Indianapolis Transit, Inc. v. Moorman · 189 N.E.2d 111
• Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Bowen · 179 Ind. 142
• Hubble v. Brown · 84 N.E.2d 891
• Shirley Hill Coal Co. v. Moore · 181 Ind. 513
• Jordan v. State · 110 N.E.2d 751
• Moe v. Alsop · 216 P.2d 686
• Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Marable · 189 Ind. 278
• Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Smith · 190 Ind. 656
• Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Hadley · 170 Ind. 204
• Diamond Block Coal Co. v. Cuthbertson · 166 Ind. 290
• Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad v. Vandenberg · 164 Ind. 470
• Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad v. Sheeks · 155 Ind. 74
• Creamery Package Manufacturing Co. v. Hotsenpiller · 159 Ind. 99
• Conner v. Andrews Land, Home & Improvement Co. · 162 Ind. 338
• Rohrof v. Schulte · 154 Ind. 183
• Indianapolis Street Railway Co. v. Kane · 169 Ind. 25
• Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co. v. Williams · 168 Ind. 276
• Williams v. State · 157 Ind. 94

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