Shepard v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

Tbe petition alleges that plaintiff, on tbe twenty-third day of August, 1886, procured of defendánt a railway ticket from Ottumwa to Knoxville, Iowa, and return by way of Knoxville Junction ; that on said day sbe took passage on a freight train of defendant, at Ottumwa, for tbe purpose of going to Knoxville; that wben tbe conductor examined her ticket be agreed to notify her wben to change cars, and to give her an opportunity to change cars at Knoxville Junction ; that sbe at that time told tbe conductor that sbe was a stranger on tbe road; that sbe relied on said promise of tbe conductor,…