Adams v. Union Railroad Co.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Trespass- for assault- and battery, the questions raised relating to the obligations of the defendant to furnish transfers, or transfer tickets, for the use of passengers on its connecting lines in the town of East Providence. Certified from the Common Pleas Division on waiver of jury trial and reserved for hearing before three justices of the Appellate Division. Heard on agreed statement of facts.
1Opinion of the Court
Stiness, J.(1) Pub. Laws, cap. 975, May, 1891, gave authority to towns to “pass ordinances or make contracts” granting franchises to corporations for operating street railways, &c. October 15, 1892, the town of East Providence made such a contract with the defendant, in which it was agreed that “ during the continuance of said exclusive franchise the fare from one point to any other point on the lines of said party of the second part in said town shall not exceed five cents.” In the agreed statement of facts it appears that a line was constructed which ran from Rumford to Riverside, which was…
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