Trolio v. Nichols

Nichols sued the appellant, Trolio, and the Illinois Central Railroad Company in the circuit court of Alcorn county. There was a peremptory instruction in favor of the railroad company and a submission to the jury of the issue between Trolio and Nichols, and a judgment rendered against Trolio in favor of Nichols, from which Trolio prosecuted an appeal.

The appellee undertakes to file a. cross-assignment of errors against the Illinois Central Railroad Company to the action of the court in granting a peremptory instruction in favor of the railroad company. No petition or bond for appeal was…