Swan v. Manchester & Lawrence Railroad
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Tort in two counts. The first count was for expelling the plaintiff from the defendant’s cars at Windham, in the State of New Hampshire. The second count was for refusing to sell the plaintiff a ticket entitling him to be carried over the defendant’s railroad from said Windham to Lawrence, in this Commonwealth.
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Tort in two counts. The first count was for expelling the plaintiff from the defendant’s cars at Windham, in the State of New Hampshire. The second count was for refusing to sell the plaintiff a ticket entitling him to be carried over the defendant’s railroad from said Windham to Lawrence, in this Commonwealth. The case was submitted to the Superior Court, and, after judgment for the defendant, to this court on appeal, upon agreed facts, the material parts of which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDevens, J.
The regulation that all passengers, who shall purchase tickets before entering the cars of a railroad company to be transported therein, shall be entitled to a small discount from the advertised rates of fare, but, if such ticket is not purchased, the full rate of fare shall be charged, is a reasonable one, and in no way violates the rule, which in New Hampshire has the sanction of the statute law, that the rates shall be the same for all persons between the same points. Commonwealth *117v. Power, 7 Met. 596. Johnson v. Concord Railroad, 46 N. H. 213. St. Louis, Alton Terre Haute Railroad v.…
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