Allen v. Central Railroad
Supreme Court of Iowa
App&d from Mahaska District Court. Tiie petition in substance alleges that defendant is, and- for more than a year past has been, a corporation duly organized, owning and operating the Central Eailroad of Iowa from Albia in Monroe county to Mason City in Cerro Gordo county, and that Eddyville, Given Station and Oskaloosa, are stations north of Albia on said road.
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App&d from Mahaska District Court. Tiie petition in substance alleges that defendant is, and- for more than a year past has been, a corporation duly organized, owning and operating the Central Eailroad of Iowa from Albia in Monroe county to Mason City in Cerro Gordo county, and that Eddyville, Given Station and Oskaloosa, are stations north of Albia on said road. That on the 18th day of January, 1875, the plaintiff purchased of the ticket agent of defendant at Albia, a ticket from Albia to Oskaloosa, and paid therefor the sum- of eighty-three cents, being the usual and lawful and full fare of…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
The bill of exceptions recites that plaintiff introduced evidence tending to prove all the allegations of his petition.
The petition alleges that, at the time of the transaction complained of defendant owned and was operating the Central Railroad of Iowa from Albia to Mason City; that plaintiff purchased from the ticket agent of defendant a ticket from Albia to Oskaloosa, and paid the lawful and full fare therefor; that the conductor of the train and agent of defendant took up plaintiff’s ticket between Albia and Eddyville, and that after the train passed Eddyville the conductor demanded of…
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