Brooke v. Grand Trunk R. W. Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Wayne Circuit. This was an action of trespass on the case brought by plaintiff to recover damages against the Grand Trunk R. W. Co. for being ejected from the cars by one of their conductors. The jury, by direction of the court, rendered a verdict for the defendants, and the case was removed by writ of error.
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Error to Wayne Circuit. This was an action of trespass on the case brought by plaintiff to recover damages against the Grand Trunk R. W. Co. for being ejected from the cars by one of their conductors. The jury, by direction of the court, rendered a verdict for the defendants, and the case was removed by writ of error. The facts are stated in the opinion. 1. The principal question presented on the record in this case is the charge given by the court, that from the plaintiff’s evidence he could not recover; that the contract was for a continuous passage from Buffalo to Detroit, and was not…
1Opinion of the Court
Campbell J.
Plaintiff sued defendants for ejecting him from one of their cars. He purchased in Buffalo, in June, 1866, tickets from Buffalo to Detroit, consisting of two tickets on one piece of paper, one from Buffalo to Stratford by the Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway, and one from Stratford to Detroit by the Grand Trunk Railway. Upon the first ticket he rode to Brantford, in.Canada, and remained there about two months. Then he went from Brantford to Stratford on the same ticket. Thence he went to Port Huron, in Michigan, on the second ticket, which was punched by the conductor and…
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