Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Fisher

The appellee recovered a judgment against the appellant in an action on the case, in the sum of five thousand dollars.

The declaration contained three counts. The first alleged that on the 18th of August, 1886, the defendant ran an excursion train between Petersburg and Ashland, and plaintiff became a passenger thereon; that on the return journey defendant negligently permitted the train to become overcrowded, and by reason thereof the plaintiff, while exercising due care, was, by the pressure of the persons on the platform and steps of the car, unavoidably crowded off and thereby injured. The…