Bissell v. Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana Railroad Companies
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Supreme Court. Action against two distinct railroad corporations for a breach of their duty, safely to convey the plaintiff, a passenger upon a train of cars, which they, by a contract between them, had united in running, and by means of the negligence of their agents suffering a collision with another train, by which the plaintiff’s leg was broken.
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Appeal from the Supreme Court. Action against two distinct railroad corporations for a breach of their duty, safely to convey the plaintiff, a passenger upon a train of cars, which they, by a contract between them, had united in running, and by means of the negligence of their agents suffering a collision with another train, by which the plaintiff’s leg was broken. The trial was before referees, who found these facts: The Michigan Southern Railroad Company was chartered by the State of Michigan to build and operate a railroad through the southern part of Michigan; and the Northern Indiana…
1Opinion of the Court
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[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] A general statement of the plaintiff's case is, that the two corporations defendant were jointly engaged in the business of carrying passengers and freight between Chicago and Lake Erie, through a part of the State of Illinois, and through the States of Indiana and Michigan, by three connected railroads which they owned or…
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