Chicago, St. P. & K. C. Ry. Co. v. Pierce
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United Htates for the Northern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Action on tlie case by Nellie E. Pierce against the Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railway Company. Plaintiff obtained judgment. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BUNN, District Judge.
This action was brought to recover damages for a personal injury sustained by the defendant in error, plaintiff below, on the 15th day of September, 1887, at Hudson, Iowa, while riding in one of the sleeping cars of the plaintiff in error. The injury was caused by reason of another train of cars running into the rear end of the train in which the plaintiff was riding at the time. Eight days after the accident, on September 23, 1887, at Chicago, the plaintiff settled for the injury with the. company for the sum of $1,600 cash paid, and executed in due form, under seal, a…
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