Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Parris
Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Parris
Opinion of the Court
Erom the evidence contained in the record in this case it appears that the plaintiff (who sues for having been illegally ejected from a passenger-train while, as he claims, he was rightfully on the same as a passenger) took passage on a train of the defendant railroad company to be transported from a point in Georgia to a point in Tennessee, and, not having purchased a ticket, tendered a certain amount in money for his fare. According to the undisputed evidence, as shown by the de-. fendant’s passenger-traffic sheet, which witnesses testified was then in effect, the amount tendered by the plaintiff was less than that which the conductor had a right to demand of a passenger who had failed to procure a ticket and was paying the train rate. The evidence further showed, beyond controversy, that the plaintiff’s failure to purchase a ticket at the initial point was not due to any failure upon the part of the
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