Virginia & Southwestern Railway Co. v. Hill
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Scott county,, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
This is. an action on the case, brought to recover damages for ■ wrongs and injuries alleged to have been sustained by reason of the plaintiff’s having been unlawfully ejected from a train, of cars of the defendant company by the conductor of the-train.
It appears that the plaintiff applied to one Draper, the defendant’s ticket agent at Olinchport, for a ticket from that point to Appalachia. He paid the agent the correct fare, hut the-agent, by mistake, gave him a ticket to Duffield, an intermediate-*731point.. The plaintiff was in the habit of buying tickets from Olinchport to Appalachia; was…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Frederick v. Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1877
- Mosher v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Hufford v. Grand Rapids & Indiana RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1887
- Hufford v. Grand Rapids & Indiana Ry. Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1884
- McKay v. Ohio River RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1890
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- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. RielyCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1917
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