Grogan v. Chesapeake & O. R'y Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
I. — Newly discovered evidence. — 27 W. Ya. 503; 35 W. Ya. 418; 32 W. Ya. 487. II. — One who has failed to apply for relief can not first raise the issue of surprise by evidence on motion for a new trial. — 16 Am. & Eug. Ency. L. 542. I. — A person on the train after his ticket expires and who refuses to pay fare may be ejected. — 2 Wood’s Ry. Law §§ 347, 352; Iintcli. Carr. §§ 575, 576; Thomp. Carr. Pass. 70,71; 34 W. Va. 65; 13 Am.
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I. — Newly discovered evidence. — 27 W. Ya. 503; 35 W. Ya. 418; 32 W. Ya. 487. II. — One who has failed to apply for relief can not first raise the issue of surprise by evidence on motion for a new trial. — 16 Am. & Eug. Ency. L. 542. I. — A person on the train after his ticket expires and who refuses to pay fare may be ejected. — 2 Wood’s Ry. Law §§ 347, 352; Iintcli. Carr. §§ 575, 576; Thomp. Carr. Pass. 70,71; 34 W. Va. 65; 13 Am. Rep. 617; 18 Am. & Eng’. R. R. Cas. 310 and note at end of opiuion; also, this case as reported in 62 Md. 95; 64 Mo. 464; 61 Barb. 611; 63 H. Y. 101; 34 Md.' 532…
1Opinion of the Court
BRANNON, PRESIDENT :
George T. Grogan sued the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company in trespass on the case, and obtained a verdict for one thousand and two hundred dollars which the court set aside ; and Grogau obtained a writ of error to the order of tire court setting aside the verdict.
Grogau purchased a round trip ticket from St. Albans to Charleston good for two clays, lie used it from St. Albans to Charleston, and, after the ticket had run out, he boarded a train to return to St. Albans, and the collector having rejected the ticket as not good and demanded of Grogan his fare, Grogan…
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