Ohio & Mississippi Railway Co. v. Nickless

Best, C.

— The appellee brought this suit against the appellant, alleging in his complaint, in substance, that the appellant, during the year 1876, owned and operated a railroad, extending from the city of Cincinnati, in the State of Ohio, to the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, and passing through the counties of Jackson and Lawrence in the State of Indiana; that during said time the appellant was a common carrier, engaged in transporting persons and property from point to point on the line of its road ; that on the 23d day of October of said year the appellee delivered to it, at…