Ohio & Mississippi R. W. Co. v. Nickless

Complaint by the appellee, against the appellant, alleging, in substance, that on the 15th day of October, 1876, and from that date to the present time, the defendant was, and still is, the owner of a railway, running from the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, to East St. Louis, State of Illinois, passing through the counties of Jackson and Lawrence, in the State of Indiana, and that the defendant was engaged in carrying for hire passengers, freight, etc., from point to point on the line of the railway; *272that, on the 23d day of October, 1876, the defendant, for the consideration of thirty-seven…