Crotois v. Pennsylvania Railroad

*641The opinion of the court was delivered by

Trexchard, J.

The plaintiff’s action was for assault and battery and false imprisonment.

On the trial, at the Essex Circuit, it appeared that on March 12th, 1909, the plaintiff was riding upon a local train of the defendant company, eastbound from Philadelphia to Jersey City. According to the plaintiff’s testimony he was riding on the return half of an excursion ticket bought in Jersey City. It appeared that, by the company’s regulations, three collection points for tickets npon local trains were established upon such route, the first at Philadelphia,…