Gregory v. Burlington & Missouri River Railroad
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court of Lancaster county. Heard below before Pound, J. The case was argued here for plaintiff in error by J. L. Caldwell, upon a brief of -Kelly $ Caldwell and Brown ¿- Marshall.
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Error to the district court of Lancaster county. Heard below before Pound, J. The case was argued here for plaintiff in error by J. L. Caldwell, upon a brief of -Kelly $ Caldwell and Brown ¿- Marshall. He cited Peter v. Finch, 24 Barb., 514. Sprague v. Smith, 29 Vermont, 421. Knight v. Railroad Co., 56 Me., 234. Marony v. Old Colony Railroad, 106 Mass., 153. Palmer v. Railroad, 3 South Car., 580 (16 American Reports, 750). State v. Overton, 4 Zabriskie, 435. Southern Railroad v. Kendrick, 40 Miss., 374. Porter v. Railroad, 34 Barb., 353. JDeLaurens v. Railroad, 15 Minn., 49. St. Louis, etc.,…
1Opinion of the Court
Maxwell, Ch. J.
This is an action for damages for the expulsion of the plaintiff from the cars of the defendant. The action was dismissed in the court below, and the plaintiff brings the cause into this court by petition in error. The plaintiff alleges in his petition that the defendant was a common carrier of passengers, and on Saturday, the 13th day of September, 1878, he purchased in the city of Chicago, in the state of Illinois, from one W. W. Eoltz, a duly authorized ticket agent of the defendant herein, a ticket from said city of Chicago to said city of Lincoln, and return; and that said…
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