Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Spurling

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Carroll

Reversing.

The principal questions for decision in this suit are: First, what damage, if any, is a passenger entitled to against the railroad company selling the transportation, on account of being unable to go to his journey’s end over the road of another company, on which road the ticket sold him by the initial company entitled him to carriage; and, second, did the agent of the initial carrier who sold the ticket have authority to bind it by his assurance that the purchaser could pursue his journey, without interruption over the lines of the connecting…