Illinois Central Railroad v. Sutton

This was an action on the case, tried in the Ford Circuit Court, on a change of venue, brought by Joseph J. Sutton against the Illinois Central Eailroad Company, for damages resulting to the plaintiff by reason of his being put off a freight train on which he had taken passage without first procuring a ticket.

The jury found in favor of the plaintiff, and assessed his damages at eleven hundred and fifty dollars, on which the court' rendered judgment.

To reverse this judgment, the defendants appeal to this court.

Appellants make the p'oint that it was not proven the train on which the plaintiff…