Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway Co. v. Kirby
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Talbot County (Pearce, C. J., and Stump, J.) The jury rendered a verdict for the plaintiff for $5,000, of which $3,000 was remitted under an order of Court directing a new trial unless that should be done.
1Opinion of the CourtFowler, J.
The plaintiff was a passenger on the train of the defendant Railroad Company on the 25 th August, 1897. He was returning from Ocean City to his home in Talbot County, and claims damages for the alleged wrongful action of the company in ejecting him from its cars before he had completed his journey.
It appears from the evidence that the defendant had sold to the plaintiff an excursion ticket which it is conceded was good on the train on which he was riding when the occurrences took place which gave rise to this suit; that the conductor when collecting the tickets of the passengers approached…
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