Evansville & Richmond Railroad v. Henderson

This was an action by the appellee, against the appellant, commenced in the Lawrence Circuit Court, to recover damages on account of a personal injury.

The venue of the cause was changed to the Jackson Circuit Court, where a trial was had, resulting in a special verdict, upon which the court, over a motion for a new trial, rendered judgment for the appellee.

The amended complaint in the cause alleges, among other things, substantially, that the appellee was employed by the appellant on the 2d day of October, 1889, as a laborer to work on its construction train; that at the *637point where the…