Candee v. Pennsylvania Railroad
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. Action for damages resulting from the opening of plaintiff’s trunk, and the taking of goods therefrom, while the same was •being carried, with the plaintiff herself, from Harrisburg, Pa., to the city of New York.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County. Action for damages resulting from the opening of plaintiff’s trunk, and the taking of goods therefrom, while the same was •being carried, with the plaintiff herself, from Harrisburg, Pa., to the city of New York. Defendant appealed from an order overruling a demurrer to the complaint as not stating a cause of action, and also for a defect of parties defendant in that the other railroad - companies named in the complaint were not made defendants. The substance of the complaint is stated in the opinion. It appears therefrom, also, that…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
Since this case comes up on a demurrer to the complaint, it may be well to give the principal allegations of the complaint, to see if they show a cause of action against the defendant.
It is alleged in the complaint that the several railroad companies therein mentioned formed one continuous and connecting line of road for the transportation of passengers and baggage -from the city of Milwaukee to the city of New York; that *586by virtue of an. arrangement existing between these companies, each company issued and sold tickets for the transportation of passengers and baggage, which were good over…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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