Indiana, Bloomington & Western Railway Co. v. Barnhart

Decided March 20, 1888. William E. Niblack wrote the opinion for the court.

115 Ind. 399 · Cited 74 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.

• Bennett v. Railroad Co. · 102 U.S. 577
• Railroad Company v. Hanning · 82 U.S. 649
• Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad v. Griffin · 100 Ind. 221
• Conner v. Citizens Street Railway Co. · 105 Ind. 62
• Jeffersonville, Madison, & Indianapolis Railroad v. Goldsmith · 47 Ind. 43
• Durham v. Musselman · 2 Blackf. 96

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• Chicago & Erie Railroad v. Dinius · 180 Ind. 596
• Jones v. Cary · 37 N.E.2d 944
• Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad v. Slaughter · 167 Ind. 330
• Rouch v. Bisig · 258 N.E.2d 883
• Schrum v. Moskaluk · 655 N.E.2d 561
• Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Fort Wayne & Northern Indiana Traction Co. · 193 Ind. 405
• Woodruff v. Bowen · 136 Ind. 431
• Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Lightheiser · 163 Ind. 247
• Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. McIntosh · 140 Ind. 261
• Chicago Terminal Transfer Railroad v. Vandenberg · 164 Ind. 470
• Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. Hart · 119 Ind. 273
• Beehler v. Daniels, Cornell & Co. · 29 A. 6
• Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Simons · 168 Ind. 333
• Louisville, New Albany & Chicago R. W. Co. v. Treadway · 143 Ind. 689
• Standard Oil Co. v. Helmick · 148 Ind. 457
• Lingenfelter v. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway Co. · 154 Ind. 49
• Fisher v. Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. · 146 Ind. 558
• Fox v. Barekman · 178 Ind. 572
• Nicodemus v. Simons · 121 Ind. 564
• Boyer v. Robertson · 144 Ind. 604
• Louisville, New Albany & Chicago R. W. Co. v. Treadway · 142 Ind. 475

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