Southern Ry. Co. v. Blackwell

Appellee recovered judgment against appellant for that appellant’s conductor ejected appellee from a .train. Appellee had no ticket, though he boarded the train at a station where a ticket office was maintained, and was ejected because he refused to pay an excess charge of 15 cents authorized and required by the rules of appellant in case the passenger fails to present a ticket.

Appellee’s complaint, alleging all other circumstances of his case in great detail, alleged that at Parrish, the station at which he boarded the train, he was not “afforded an opportunity to buy a ticket,” and the…