Neubert v. Chicago, R. I. & G. Ry. Co.

The appellant, Wm. C. Neu-bert, assigned as error the action of the trial court in sustaining a general demurrer to his petition, seeking judgment against the ap-pellee, Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway Company, for the price of an unused ticket and for the state statutory penalty for refusal to redeem any part of such ticket purchased by the appellant for transportation as a passenger from Dalhart, Tex., to Tucum-cari, N. M.

The plaintiff’s cause of action is based on articles 1527, 1528, and 1529 of the Texas Penal Code, approved March 31, 1911, requiring railroad companies to redeem…