Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad v. Erwin

In this case the appellee, the plaintiff below, alleged in substance, in his complaint, that he was the owner and entitled to the possession of four hundred bushels of wheat then in “White-Line Car, E. & T. H., No. 1887,” standing on the side-track at Miller’s Station, in Gibson county, Indiana, of the value of $375, which the appellant, the Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad Company, had possession of without right, and unlawfully detained from the appellee; wherefore, etc.

On the application of the appellant George H. Start, he was made a defendant in this action. The cause was put at issue…