Indianapolis & St. Louis Railroad v. Hall

This suit was brought before a justice of the peace in the county of Edgar, by Davis S. Hall, plaintiff, and against the Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad Company, defendant, resulting in a judgment for the plaintiff. On appeal to the circuit court the case was tried by a jury, who found for the plaintiff, on which the court rendered judgment, overruling a motion for a new trial. To reverse this judgment the defendant appeals, and insists that the verdict is against the law and the evidence, and that an instruction asked by defendant should have been given.

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