Lewis v. New York Central Railroad
New York Supreme Court
CASE agreed upon. The plaintiff claims judgment for the penalty of $50, for the defendants asking and receiving a greater fare from him, on their railroad from Syracuse to Canastota, than they were authorized by law to demand and receive.
1Opinion of the CourtBalcom, J.
On the 7th day of May, 1867, the plaintiff applied at the office of the defendants, at the city of Syracuse, to purchase a ticket for passage on the defendants’ railroad from that city to Canastota, in the county of Madison. The defendants asked and demanded of the plaintiff, for such a ticket and passage, the sum of forty-four cents in lawful coin of the United States, or fifty-five cents in paper currency. The plaintiff offered and tendered to the defendants forty-four cents in United States notes, in payment for such ticket and passage, which the defendants refused to receive ; and…
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