Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. Davis

Omitting the caption and signature of counsel, the complaint in this case was as follows:

“Thomas H. Davis complains of the Louisville, New Albany and Chicago Railway Company, defendant, and for cause of action plaintiff says: At the time of the grievances hereinafter set forth, the defendant was a railway corporation engaged in operating a line of steam railroad from Main and Vincennes streets, in the city of New Albany, to Chicago, Illinois; that the track of said defendant’s railway, in passing through the city of New Albany, was laid over and along and upon a certain public street and…