Woodruff Sleeping & Parlor Coach Co. v. Diehl

In this case the appellee, the plaintiff below, alleged in substance, in his complaint, that on the night of the 24th day of July, 1876, the appellant was the owner of a certain car, running upon the line of railroad between the city of Indianapolis, Indiana, and the city of Cleveland, Ohio, which car 'was used by appellant as a sleeping or lodging car for the lodging of travellers for a specific reward, to be paid the appellant by such travellers as should use the same, being passengers upon the said railroad ; that the appellant, so undertaking to provide lodging for travellers, was bound…