Pennsylvania Railroad v. Parry
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On error to the Burlington County Circuit Court. The plaintiff below, Howard Parry, on the 22d of December, 1890, purchased an excursion ticket from Tiverton, where he lived, to Mount Holly, both places being in Burlington county. Tiverton is on the main line of the Pennsylvania Tailroad Company between Trenton and Camden, and Mount Holly is upon a branch line, called the “ Burlington Branch.”
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On error to the Burlington County Circuit Court. The plaintiff below, Howard Parry, on the 22d of December, 1890, purchased an excursion ticket from Tiverton, where he lived, to Mount Holly, both places being in Burlington county. Tiverton is on the main line of the Pennsylvania Tailroad Company between Trenton and Camden, and Mount Holly is upon a branch line, called the “ Burlington Branch.” The ticket purchased by Parry indicated that his route was to be “ via Burlington Branch,” and that the ticket was “ not good to stop off en route.” The regulations of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company…
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The opinion of the court was delivered by
The Chancellor.
The motion to nonsuit presented to the court below this question, whether the contract between Mr. Parry and the railroad company permitted Mr. Parry to quit the branch road train before it reached its destination, and, proceeding in advance of it, continue his journey in a train with which it did not connect and was made available to him only by accidental delay.
It is established, by the course of judicial decision, that when a person, who purchases a' railway ticket to a certain place, takes his seat in a particular train that goes to…
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