Fitzgerald v. C., R. I. & P. R.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Muscatine Circuit Court. These eases are presented on one abstract, under an agreement upon which they were tried together in the court below, and are to be presented in the same manner to this court. The plaintiffs seek to recover damages for injuries sustained in being ejected from a car of defendant after having purchased tickets to a station upon the railroad.
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Appeal from Muscatine Circuit Court. These eases are presented on one abstract, under an agreement upon which they were tried together in the court below, and are to be presented in the same manner to this court. The plaintiffs seek to recover damages for injuries sustained in being ejected from a car of defendant after having purchased tickets to a station upon the railroad. There was a verdict in one case for two dollars and forty cents, and a judgment in each ease for that amount under the agreement above mentioned. Plaintiffs appeal. The facts of the case appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
1. nAirmoAns: ejectment of passenger: exemplary damages. The plaintiffs'purchased tickets at Muscatinefor Ononwa, a station a few miles distant, intending to take a. freight train, then at the1 depot, which had a. caboose for passengers. One or them placed x 0 x frig baggage upon the proper car, and the two crossed the street to a saloon and remained there until the-train started, when they approached the train for the purpose-of going upon the “caboose.” The conductor, by gestures, directed them not to get on, which they disregarded, and while the train was in motion went upon the platform…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Paine v. C., R. I. &. P. R. Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1877
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- Trice v. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
- Willson v. Northern Pacific RailroadWashington Supreme Court · 1893
- Coine v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1904
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