Crocker v. New London, Willimantic & Palmer Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of trespass, vi et armis, brought by John H. Crocker against the New London, Willimantic, and Palmer Railroad Company, to recover damages for personal injuries, occasioned by his forcible removal from the defendants’ railroad cars. • The defendants pleaded not guilty; and, on this' issue, the cause was tried at Norwich, at the term of the superior court, holden in December, 1854. It was admitted, on the trial, that on the day of December, 1853, after the…
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This was an action of trespass, vi et armis, brought by John H. Crocker against the New London, Willimantic, and Palmer Railroad Company, to recover damages for personal injuries, occasioned by his forcible removal from the defendants’ railroad cars. • The defendants pleaded not guilty; and, on this' issue, the cause was tried at Norwich, at the term of the superior court, holden in December, 1854. It was admitted, on the trial, that on the day of December, 1853, after the defendants’ cars had started from Norwich for New London, and while on their way to the latter place, the plaintiff, who…
1Opinion of the CourtSanford, J.
The defendants were a railroad corporation, running regular trains of cars on their road between the cities of Norwich and New London, and transporting passengers in said cars, as a part of their business.
They had established, and given public notice of “ a rule or regulation,” that the fare for passengers, in their cars from Norwich to New London, should be fifty cents, if it was paid and a ticket procured by the passenger before taking his ..seat in the cars, otherwise it should be fifty-five cents.
The plaintiff took a seat in the car, without a ticket, and when called upon by the conductor…
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