Atchison & Nebraska Railroad v. Miller

The allegations of the petition of the defendant in error, filed in the district court, were, in substance, that the defendant, plaintiff in error, was a common carrier and engaged in carrying freights, etc., from Falls City, Nebraska, to Atchison, Kansas, and various other points. That the plaintiff, defendant in error, with one George L. Moore, were engaged in the business.of buying and selling grain at Falls City, and shipping the same over the road and in the cars of plaintiff in error during the years 1877 and 1878, and that on the 15th day of March, 1877, the plaintiff and defendant…