Manning v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jefferson. Tried before the Hon. Jas. B. Head. cited Ward v. N. Y. & H. Bailroad Go., 56 Hun, N. Y. 268. cited Pennington v. Bailroad Go., 18 Amer. & Eng. B. B. Oases, 310; ¡Stone v. G. d: N. W. Bailroad Go., 47 Iowa, 82 ; Davis v. Bailroad Go., 53 Mo. 317; State v. (Jamipbdl, 32 N. J. L. 309; Pickens v. Bailroad, Go., 40 Amer. & Eng.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jefferson. Tried before the Hon. Jas. B. Head. cited Ward v. N. Y. & H. Bailroad Go., 56 Hun, N. Y. 268. cited Pennington v. Bailroad Go., 18 Amer. & Eng. B. B. Oases, 310; ¡Stone v. G. d: N. W. Bailroad Go., 47 Iowa, 82 ; Davis v. Bailroad Go., 53 Mo. 317; State v. (Jamipbdl, 32 N. J. L. 309; Pickens v. Bailroad, Go., 40 Amer. & Eng. B. B. Oases, 649; Swan v. Bailroad Go., 6 lb. 327; 3 Wood’s Bailway Law, § 361; Wheeler on Carriers, 174, note; A. G. S. Bailroad Go. v. Carmichad, 90 Ala. 19 ; Boylan v. Hot Springs Bailroad Go., 40 A. & E. B. B. Oases, 666.
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, O. J.
Plaintiff purchased an excursion ticket to and from New Orleans, from defendant’s ticket-agent at Birmingham. He obtained it at reduced rates, but on certain conditions as to its use, which were printed on the ticket and subscribed by him. Plaintiff testified that he had read the conditions. Among them are the following: “In consideration of the reduced rate at which this ticket is sold, I, the undersigned, agree with the Louisville & Nashville Bailroad Company as follows: That on the date of my departure, returning, I will identify myself as the original purchaser of this ticket…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Stone v. C. & N. W. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1877
- Rose v. Wilmington & Weldon RailroadSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
- Swan v. Manchester & Lawrence RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1882
- Ala. Great Southern Railroad v. CarmichaelSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- Davis v. Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
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- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MaxwellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
- Louisville N. R. Co. v. HambySupreme Court of Alabama · 1922
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