Lovings v. Norfolk & W. Ry. Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, McDowell County. Action by Thomas Lovings against the Norfolk & Western Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
McWhorter, President:
Thomas Lovings purchased from the agent of the Nor folk and Western Railway Company, on the 8th of November, 1897, a ticket for passage from Welch station to Ken-ova on said road, and boarded passenger train No. 3 on • the night of that day, west bound, and took a seat in a coach on that train, and between Welch and Gray station the conductor of the train took up the ticket. At Gray the conductors were changed, and between stations Thacker and Matewan the second conductor called upon Lovings for his ticket, when he presented a slip, which he claimed the first conductor…
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