Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Railway Co. v. Godman

The following is the only portion of appellees’ complaint that needs to be here set out, viz.: “ The plaintiffs complain of the defendant and say, that the defendant is a railroad corporation operating a line of railroad between Battle Ground City, in said county, and the city of ■Chicago, in the State of Illinois, and that at and before the time hereinafter named, said defendant held out to the general public, and caused to be known, that it was a.common carrier of freight, stock and cattle, from said Battle Ground and. other stations on the line of said railroad between said Bat-*491tie Ground…