Sternberg v. State
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court for Lancaster county. Tried below before Tibbets, J. The ordinance requiring the street railway company to constitute its conductors agents for the sale of tickets is illegal and void. It is unreasonable and exceeds the police power of the state.
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Error to the district court for Lancaster county. Tried below before Tibbets, J. The ordinance requiring the street railway company to constitute its conductors agents for the sale of tickets is illegal and void. It is unreasonable and exceeds the police power of the state. The court has held a rule of a railroad company requiring passengers on freight trains to purchase tickets before entering the cars to be reasonable, and that non-compliance may be lawfully followed by expulsion, even when the offending passenger had no knowledge of the rule. (Burlington & M. R. Co. v. Rose, 11 Neb., 177;…
1Opinion of the Court
Maxwell, Ch. J.
The plaintiff in error was convicted of assault and battery, and judgment rendered against him on the verdict. *312The case was submitted to the court below on the following stipulation of facts:
“It is hereby stipulated and agreed that the Lincoln Street Railway Company is a corporation duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the state of Nebraska, running and operating in the city of Lincoln a line of street railway, and that on the 31st day of July, 1891, William H. Sternberg was a conductor on one of the cars of said company, and on the 27th day of August,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- City of St. Louis v. St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1886
3Cited by4 opinions
- City of Madison v. Madison Gas & Electric Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1906
- City of Detroit v. Fort Wayne & Belle Isle Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1893
- Wilmington City Ry. Co. v. TaylorDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1912
- Township of West Bloomfield v. Detroit United RailwayMichigan Supreme Court · 1906