Columbus, Chicago, & Indiana Central Railway Co. v. Powell

Two errors are properly assigned by the appellant, the defendant in the common pleas; first, the overruling of the demurrer of the defendant to the amended complaint; and, second, the refusal to grant a new trial on the motion of the defendant.

The complaint in question alleges that, on the 12th day of August, 1866, the Chicago and Great Eastern Railway Company, and the Toledo, Logansport, and Burlington Railway Company were both legally incorporated railway companies, and as such they were common carriers of passengers and freight for hire, and at the time aforesaid they both used the same…