Indiana Court of Appeals November 20, 1908, No. 6,569 (Vandalia Railroad v. McMains)

Roby, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment for $300 damages in favor of plaintiff against the Vandalia Railroad Company. The basis of liability is the alleged negligence of defendant in permitting steam to escape from one of its engines, which so frightened the horse plaintiff was driving that it ran away, upset the buggy, threw plaintiff out and injured her.