Braymer v. Seattle, Renton & Southern Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Albertson, J., entered [November 9, 1903, upon granting a nonsuit at the close of plaintiff’s case, in an action for damages by reason of ejection from a street car for nonpayment of fare.
1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.
Appellant sued respondent to recover alleged damages. The complaint avers, that appellant for hire became a passenger upon respondent’s road, paid the fare demanded of him, and rode in one of respondent’s cars to a point near Brighton Beach, his destination being Fairview, upon said line of road; that at said point near Brighton Beach the respondent, through its officers and agents, with force and without any cause whatsoever, ejected appellant from respondent’s car. He avers that he was thereby greatly humiliated, and was damaged in the sum of' $2,500, for which amount he demands judgment.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Lawshe v. Tacoma Railway & Power Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1902