Ream v. Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, & Chicago Railroad

Malinda Ream, as administratrix of the estate of Christena Ream, deceased, sued the said railroad company, alleging in her complaint, in substance, that the deceased was, before and at the time of her death, a resident citizen of Allen county; that she left her home on the 18th day of March, 1865, to visit her kindred, at Conway, in the county of Van Wert, Ohio; that on Sunday, the 19th day of said month, she was, with other young ladies, invited to ride on a hand-car, on the track of said railroad, for a distance of about four miles; that the defendant did then occasionally suffer the people…