Jenney Electric Light & Power Co. v. Murphy

Decided September 29, 1888. Joseph A.S. Mitchell wrote the opinion for the court.

115 Ind. 566 · Cited 59 times

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• Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. Frawley · 110 Ind. 18
• Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co. v. Adams · 105 Ind. 151
• Pantzar v. . Tilly Foster Iron Mining Co. · 2 N.E. 24
• Burke v. . Witherbee · 98 N.Y. 562
• Atlas Engine Works v. Randall · 100 Ind. 293
• Lake Shore & Michigan Southern R. W. Co. v. McCormick · 74 Ind. 440
• Stringham v. . Stewart · 3 N.E. 575
• Bradbury v. Goodwin · 108 Ind. 286
• Umback v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. · 83 Ind. 191
• Mitchell v. Robinson · 80 Ind. 281

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• Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad v. Duel · 134 Ind. 156
• Webster Manufacturing Co. v. Nisbett · 205 Ill. 273
• Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad v. McCorkle · 140 Ind. 613
• Meador v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. · 138 Ind. 290
• Indianapolis Traction & Terminal Co. v. Mathews · 177 Ind. 88
• Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Co. v. Glover · 154 Ind. 584
• McFarlan Carriage Co. v. Potter · 153 Ind. 107
• Standard Oil Co. v. Helmick · 148 Ind. 457
• Wabash Railroad v. Ray · 152 Ind. 392
• Rietman v. Stolte · 120 Ind. 314
• Denver Tramway Co. v. Nesbit · 22 Colo. 408
• Sheets v. Chicago & Indiana Coal Railway Co. · 139 Ind. 682
• New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad v. Ostman · 146 Ind. 452
• Pennsylvania Co. v. Ebaugh · 144 Ind. 687

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