Usher v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The plaintiff sued for damages for his having been removed from one of the defendant’s passenger-trains. He desired transportation from Lost Springs to Lineolnville, and purchased a ticket affording him that right, but took a train at Lost Springs that, under the regulations of the railway company, did not stop at Lineolnville. ' After the train was in motion the conductor advised the plaintiff of the facts, and offered to carry him beyond Lineolnville to Marion. The plaintiff declined to go on to Marion, whereupon the conductor stopped the…