Reed v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Good, O.

In this action, which was for the recovery of damages alleged to have been sustained in consequence of defendant’s breach of duty as a common carrier of passengers, the defendant had judgment on an instructed verdict, and plaintiff has appealed.

Plaintiff alleged in his petition that on September 17, 1905, at Sterling, Colorado, while he was a passenger on one of defendant’s regular freight trains bound for Holdrege, Nebraska, the defendant, disregarding its duty as a common carrier of passengers, unlawfully and with force and violence ejected and expelled him from the cars of said…