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VICKSBURG & MERIDIAN RAILROAD v. O'BRIEN

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119 U.S. 99 (1886)

7 S.Ct. 172

30 L.Ed. 299

VICKSBURG & MERIDIAN RAILROAD, v. O'BRIEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 1, 1886.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edgar M. Johnson, (with whom were Mr. George Hoadly and Mr. Edward Colston on the brief,) for plaintiff in error.

Mr. William Nugent also filed a brief for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Thomas C. Catchings for defendants in error.

Mr. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was brought by Mary E. O'Brien and her husband, John J. O'Brien, to recover damages sustained in consequence of personal injuries received by the wife in September, 1881, while a passenger upon the Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad. The declaration alleges that the company "so carelessly, negligently, and unskilfully constructed and maintained its railroad track, engine, and cars, and so carelessly,...

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