Evansville & Crawfordsville Railroad v. Duncan

— This was a suit by the appellee against the appellant. The complaint was in two paragraphs, to each of which a demurrer was filed hy the defendant, and overruled. An issue was then made by the general denial, tho trial of which resulted in a verdict of $725 for the plaintiff, upon which, over a motion by the defendant for a new trial, judgment was rendered.

The first paragraph of the complaint avers that the defendant was a carrier of passengers by railroad for hire, from Princeton to Fort Branch; that on, &c., the plaintiff, at the defendant’s request, became and was received as a passenger…