Hickman v. Baltimore & O. R. R.

SNYdee, Jud&e:

Civil action commenced before a justice of Taylor county, September 26, 1885, by W. L. Hickman v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, to recover damages for a trespass. *297The summons was duly served, and the defendant appeared, and, by consent of the parties, the case was twice continued, the last time to the twenty second October, 1885. The plaintiif appeared at the time thus fixed, and, after waiting one hour, he stated the grounds of his complaint which the justice recorded as follows: “ That on September 18, 1885, at Grafton, in Taylor county, he was a passenger on the railroad…