Illinois Central Railroad v. Nelson
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Marion county; the Hon. Silas L. Bryan, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, brought by Amira Kelson against the Illinois Central Railroad Company, to recover for injuries to the plaintiff, caused by the alleged wrongful act of the defendants. A trial by jury resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for $50, on which judgment was entered. The defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
It appears from the testimony in this case, that appellee, about the 27th of March, 1870, procured a ticket for a first class passage on appellants’ road, from Ashley to Centralia. Appellee ivent into the passenger coach attached to a freight train on appellants’ road. ' After starting the train, the conductor calling for tickets, found that appellee’s was for a regular passenger and not for a freight train, whereupon he stopped the train and required appellee to leave the train.
It appears from the evidence, that appellants had adopted a regulation, that persons could only be carried on their…
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