Pittsburgh, C., C. & St. L. Ry. Co. v. Russ
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. Action by diaries A. Euss against tbe Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company for personal injuries. Plaintiff obtained judgment. Defendant brings error. Statement by WOODS. Circuit Judge: The defendant in error was the plaintiff below.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. Action by diaries A. Euss against tbe Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company for personal injuries. Plaintiff obtained judgment. Defendant brings error. Statement by WOODS. Circuit Judge: The defendant in error was the plaintiff below. The substance of Ms complaint is that he was wrongfully, wantonly, and forcibly expelled by tbe conductor from a passenger train of the plaintiff in error, which he had entered at Louisville, Ky., for the purpose of being carried to Indianapolis; that in payment…
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge,
(after making the foregoing statement.) We do not assent to the proposition that, by accepting the mileage ticket with its special conditions, the defendant in error agreed that any conductor to whom he should present the ticket might decide for him, as well as for the company, whether or not he was the rightful holder. 'There is nothing expressed nor fairly to he implied from the conditions to that effect. As the representative of his company, acting under such rules as it has prescribed for him. a conductor, in collecting fares or tickets "necessarily concedes or…
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