St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Cates
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Saline Circuit Court; W. H. Evans, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On the 10th day of October, 1905, J. M. Cates, the plaintiff, purchased from the ticket agent of the defendant St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company a first-class passenger ticket, entitling him to passage from Coffeyville, Kansas, to Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Read the full summary
Appeal from Saline Circuit Court; W. H. Evans, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. On the 10th day of October, 1905, J. M. Cates, the plaintiff, purchased from the ticket agent of the defendant St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company a first-class passenger ticket, entitling him to passage from Coffeyville, Kansas, to Hot Springs, Arkansas. On the same day he took passage on one of said defendant’s passenger trains at Coffeyville for Hot Springs,' and was conveyed to Benton, Arkansas. At some point between Little Rock and Benton, Arkansas, the servant of the railway company whose duty…
1Opinion of the Court
Hart, J.,
(after stating the facts.) In this case the appellee made a contract with appellant to furnish him transportation from Coffeyville, Kansas, to Hot Springs, Arkansas. A part of the journey was to be made over the line of a connecting carrier, the Little Rock & Hot Springs Western Railway Company. The auditor of appellant company, by mistake, took up that part of the ticket which entitled appellee to be transported over the line of the connecting carrier. In ignorance of this mistake appellee took passage over the line of the connecting carrier to his destination. For non-payment of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Hot Springs Railroad v. DeloneySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1898
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. ReaganSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
3Cited by1 opinion
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. BranchSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1913