Jay v. Indianapolis, Pittsburgh & Cleveland Railroad

This was an action by the appellants, who were the plaintiffs, against the railroad company, for failing to ship hogs delivered to her by the plaintiffs for shipment. The original complaint contains three counts. The first alleges, that on December 1, 1855, and continuously thereafter, until the commencement of this suit, the defendant was a common carrier, and, in her capacity and business as such, notified and held out to the public that she would transport hogs, and other live stock, over her railroad to the city of Cleveland in the State of Ohio, from any station on her road, upon…