Bullock v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On error to the Supreme Court. On the 28th of January, 1896, the plaintiff in error entered á train of cars of Ihe defendant, at its depot in Hoboken, with intent to travel in it to Mount Arlington, in Morris county. He was provided with a “ commutation ticket,” which stated that it entitled T. O. Bullock to sixty rides on continuous trains between Mount Arlington and Hoboken during the month of January, subject to the conditions on its back, to be signed by Bullock.
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On error to the Supreme Court. On the 28th of January, 1896, the plaintiff in error entered á train of cars of Ihe defendant, at its depot in Hoboken, with intent to travel in it to Mount Arlington, in Morris county. He was provided with a “ commutation ticket,” which stated that it entitled T. O. Bullock to sixty rides on continuous trains between Mount Arlington and Hoboken during the month of January, subject to the conditions on its back, to be signed by Bullock. Those conditions were in form of an agreement, in consideration1 of' reduced fare, that Bullock would conform to all rules and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
The Chancellor.
The plaintiff in error questions the correctness of the charge of the trial judge, both because of its declarations as to his rights under his contract for passage, and because of its instruction to the jury that exemplary damages could not be awarded.
It is unnecessary to deal with the first class of objections. Through the determination of the trial court that the defendant wrongly proceeded in taking the packages from the plaintiff, recovery was permitted which is fully compensatory of all injury suffered by the plaintiff, whatever his…
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