Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. v. Heard

Mrs. Allie Heard, the appellee, who lives on a farm in the vicinity of Malvern, was visiting relatives in California in the month of December, 1930. When she desired to make the return trip home, she was informed by a railroad agent at Redlands, California, that, by purchasing a through ticket to Little Rock instead of to Malvern, she could get excursion rates and her fare would be cheaper, and that she would be put off at Malvern when she indicated that she wanted to do so. At the same time she was told what train to take and at what point it would be necessary for her to change trains.…