Pullman's Palace-Car Co. v. King
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. This cause comes here upon a writ of error to review a judgment in favor of defendant in error, who was plaintiff below, upon the verdict of a jury awarding him $2,000 for damages for ejection from a sleeping car of the plaintiff in error,- who was defendant below.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. This cause comes here upon a writ of error to review a judgment in favor of defendant in error, who was plaintiff below, upon the verdict of a jury awarding him $2,000 for damages for ejection from a sleeping car of the plaintiff in error,- who was defendant below. Plaintiff had a round-trip railroad ticket from New York to San Francisco and return, which provided for passage from Washington to New York via the Baltimore & Ohio Kailroad. In New Orleans, plaintiff showed this ticket to defendant’s agent,…
1Opinion of the Court
PEB CURIAM.
The majority of the court concur in the opinion that the evidence sustains the conclusion that defendant contracted to furnish to plaintiff the accommodation of its sleeping car Dioces from New Orleans to Jersey City, and warranted that, upon presenting his round-trip ticket to the train conductor, he should be *382allowed to ride undisturbed the whole distance in that car, without being required to make any further payment for transportation, and that such contract was broken by the defendant. It seems unnecessary to add anything to the exhaustive discussion of this branch of the case…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Bradshaw v. South Boston RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
- Murdock v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- English v. . Delaware and Hudson Canal Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1876
3Cited by4 opinions
- Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co. v. PriceTennessee Supreme Court · 1911
- Baltimore & O. R. Co. v. KitchinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1905
- Calhoun v. Pullman Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1908
- Calhoun v. Pullman Palace Car Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Tennessee · 1906