Vanderbeck v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railway Co.

The story leading up to the alleged ejection is brief. At 2 A.M., July 31, 1928, the plaintiff boarded the passenger train of the defendant at Yankton, South Dakota, being bound for Vermilion, 27 miles distant. He was due to arrive at Vermilion at 2:45 A.M. After seating himself in the ear, he quickly fell asleep. The conductor of the train occupied the seat across the aisle from him. The train arrived and stopped in due time at Vermilion, but the plaintiff was not awakened, and did not, therefore, leave the train during such stop. After the train had started from the station, the conductor…