Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Kelly
Indiana Supreme Court
From the Vanderburgh Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.
On the night of the 4th of July, 1882, the ^appellee was a passenger on an excursion train of the appellants ; he entered a car before the train moved, found it so ■crowded that he could not obtain a seat; remained standing until near midnight, when the conductor directed him to go forward to the front car and there take a seat; he undertook to obey this order, and in attempting to cross from one car to the other was, as the evidence adduced in his behalf tends to prove, either carelessly or purposely jostled by one of appellant’s brakemen and thrown from the train.
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- Sherlock v. AllingIndiana Supreme Court · 1873
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