Smith v. Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis Railroad

The appellant commenced this action fey filing the following complaint, omitting the caption :

“ The plaintiff complains of the defendant and says that at the time of the grievances hereinafter set out, the defendant was a corporation, owning and operating a line of steam railroad from Yew Albany, Indiana, to Mt. Vernon, Illinois, and as such was a common carrier of freight and passengers; that on the 8th day of May, 1887, the plaintiff, not being in the employment or service of the defendant, was, by the invitation and permission of the conductor of such train, riding upon a certain freight…