Williams v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.

Plaintiff recovered a judgment for personal injuries received by falling into a cattle guard, fromi which defendant appealed. The' principal contest in the-case was over the question of defendant’s operation of the-road; it being claimed that it was not in possession of the-railroad at the time of the accident, though it was after-wards. The road was owned by another company. The-plaintiff claims that there was sufficient evidence that-defendant was in possession of the road at the time of the-accident to raise a question for the jury. The evidence of' the plaintiff upon the subject consisted…