St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad v. Stroud
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Saline Circuit Court. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The complaint charged that on the night of January 17, 1895, the plaintiff went to the depot of defendant in North Little Rock, for the purpose of taking a train to Hot Springs, to visit his sick wife and child; that he entered the depot waiting room provided for passengers, to wait for the train.
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Appeal from Saline Circuit Court. STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The complaint charged that on the night of January 17, 1895, the plaintiff went to the depot of defendant in North Little Rock, for the purpose of taking a train to Hot Springs, to visit his sick wife and child; that he entered the depot waiting room provided for passengers, to wait for the train. While there, one Pat Gallagher, in the employ of the defendant as watchman, “entered said depot, and with a large club and pistol, recklessly, maliciously, forcibly, and wrongfully restrained and falsely imprisoned, and with violence and…
1Opinion of the Court
Hughes, J.,
(after stating the facts). There was much evidence introduced on the trial of this cause which it is unnecessary to state or discuss here. The plaintiff testified that on the evening of January 16th, 1895, he received a letter from his wife in Hot Springs, calling on him to come there at once. The letter was then offered in evidence, and read to the jury, over the defendant’s objection, to which he excepted. That letter was as follows:
“Hot Springs, Ark., Jan. 16, 1895.
“Dear Husband:
Please come at once, as Mary is very sick, and I am in one respect very dangerous. Been sick for over…
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