Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Co. v. Drummond
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Rankin county. Hon. A. G. Mayers, Judge. Appellee purchased through tickets for himself and wife from Jackson, Miss., to Corsicana, Texas, from the agent of the Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Co., at Jackson, and, boarding the company ’ s train, entered the first-class coach. When the conductor came to get their fare, he discovered that they had second-class tickets and he then compelled them to go into the second-class coach.
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From the circuit court of Rankin county. Hon. A. G. Mayers, Judge. Appellee purchased through tickets for himself and wife from Jackson, Miss., to Corsicana, Texas, from the agent of the Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Co., at Jackson, and, boarding the company ’ s train, entered the first-class coach. When the conductor came to get their fare, he discovered that they had second-class tickets and he then compelled them to go into the second-class coach. Appellee sued the railway company for damages for compelling himself and wife to take second-class passage. The declaration alleged that appellee…
1Opinion of the CourtWoods, J.
According to the evidence offered by the appellee, which we must assume to be true in view of the finding of the jury, the intending passenger inquired of the appellant’s ticket agent the price of a first-class ticket from Jackson, Miss., to Corsicana, Texas, and, upon receiving from the agent the information sought, applied for such ticket and paid the price demanded. But, a short while after the journey had been begun, in a first-class coach, upon the conductor’s calling for and examining the ticket, it was discovered that it was a second-class ticket. Thereupon, over his protest, the…
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