ANTHONY v. LOUISVILLE RAILROAD CO.

No. 77.

132 U.S. 172 (1889)

ANTHONY v. LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 18, 1889.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. D.P. Dyer and Mr. Nathan Frank, for plaintiff in error, submitted on their brief.

Mr. Henry W. Bond for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE FIELD delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action by the plaintiff to recover damages from the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company for injuries suffered by him by reason of the derailment of a car attached to a train belonging to that company, in which he was being carried as a passenger on its line from Louisville, Kentucky, to St. Louis, Missouri.

The answer of the defendant set up that the accident was caused by reason of a...

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