Coup v. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co.

Plaintiff, who is a circus proprietor sued defendant as a carrier for injuries to cars and equipments, and to "persons and animals caused by a collision of two trains made up of his circus cars, while in' transit through Illinois-The court below held defendant to the common-law liability o£ a common carrier and held there was no avoiding liability by reason of a special contract under which the transportation was directed. The principal questions raised on the trial arose out of discussions concerning the nature of defendant’s *113employment, and questions of damage. Some other points also…