Tidey v. Erie Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dixon, J.

The plaintiff’s action was for assault and battery and false imprisonment. On the trial it appeared that about December 11th, 1898, he had bought, in Newark, from the defendant company a return ticket over the company’s road between Newark and New York, and had ridden to New York, using that part of the ticket printed “Newark to New York.” On December 18th, 1898, he again boarded the company’s train in Newark, and on his ride to New York tendered to the conductor, as payment of his fare, the other part of the ticket printed “New York to…