O'Neil v. the Pullman Co.

This is an action to recover damages which plaintiff alleges she suffered in consequence of defendant's breach of the terms of the contract to permit her to occupy a berth on its sleeping car. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for two thousand dollars, and the cause is here on the appeal of defendant from that judgment.

It appears, from the evidence introduced by plaintiff, that an agent of the Wabash Railway Company, at St. Louis, issued to plaintiff a through railroad ticket from St. Louis, Missouri, to Winfield, Kansas, via the Wabash to Kansas City and via the Atchison, Topeka…