Roberts v. Koehler

This action was brought against the defendant, the receiver of the Oregon & California Railway, to recover damages for alleged maltreatment of the plaintiff while traveling on the road between Port*95land and Ashland, Oregon. The cause was tried with a jury, who gave a verdict for the defendant, and is now before the court on a motion for a new trial. It appeared on the trial that the plaintiff purchased from the defendant a combination ticket from Portland to San Francisco, where he resided, and started on the south-bound Oregon & California train on July 18, 1885; that about 200 miles south of…