Illinois Central Railroad v. Axley

On or about the 20th of March, A. D. 1890, the appellee, a minor, entered a caboose car on appellant’s road to be carried as a passenger from Cairo to Hilen. At the time of so entering the car it was not attached to the train, and in making up the train, the engine, with other cars, backed against the caboose car with so much momentum that the caboose car was driven back and the jar threw appellee to the floor, by which she was seriously injured. • The evidence shows that the appellant was in the habit of carrying passengers in the caboose of this train, and passengers had been in the habit…