Stillson v. Hannibal & St. Joseph Railroad

— The injury, which, this .suit sought to redress, to a bright little girl of eight or nine years of age, remarkably sprightly and attractive, the pet of her father and of the entire village where they lived, is calculated to excite the sympathy of jurors and judges; but, in the administration of law, considerations of this sort must be discarded, and the case must be investigated and determined upon established legal principles applicable alike to all. The facts in this case, so far as they relate to the circumstances attending this unfortunate accident, are very few and simple, and…