L. & N. R. R. v. Voss

This is an action for personal injuries, brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiff in error in the circuit court of Lawrence county, resulting, on a trial, in a verdict and judgment against the plaintiff in error, which it has brought before this court for review.

When the case was called for trial in the circuit court, the plaintiff in error moved the court for a continuance on account of the absence of three witnesses, and in support of its motion presented a special affidavit, stating the names of the absent witnesses, the facts which plaintiff in error expected to prove by…