NEW YORK &C. RAILROAD CO. v. ESTILL

No. 127.

147 U.S. 591 (1893)

NEW YORK, LAKE ERIE & WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. ESTILL; and v. LEONARD.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 6, 1893.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Garland Pollard for plaintiff in error. (Mr. Percy Werner was with him on the brief.)

Mr. W.M. Williams and Mr. John Cosgrove for defendants in error. (Mr. O. Guitar and Mr. Samuel Boyd were with them on the brief.)


MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a single writ of error involving two suits, each of which was brought in the Circuit Court of Saline County, in the State of Missouri.

The first suit was commenced November 21, 1883, by Wallace Estill, Hugh W. Elliott, and William R. Estill, against the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company. The petition set forth that the plaintiffs were...

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