Robinson v. Southern Pacific Co.
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1DissentMcFarland, J.
I dissent, and, if other duties permit, will hereafter express my views of the case in an opinion. At present I will merely give my conclusions on two points:
1. I think that the ticket purchased by respondent, on its face, and especially when considered in connection with the reasonable regulations of appellant of its business on the various routes from San Francisco to Oakland, Alameda, and other points near the bay, which regulations were well known to respondent, merely gave to the latter the right to go either to Oakland or Alameda, not to both, and when he elected to get off at Oakland…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- People ex rel. Carrillo v. De la GuerraCalifornia Supreme Court · 1864
- Yorton v. Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1882
- Cody v. Central Pac. R.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nevada · 1876