Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Sandlin

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Dietzman

Affirming.

At the outset of this opinion, it will serve to clarify the situation if we first consider the nature of a railroad ticket. It is the rule in .some jurisdictions that a railroad ticket, at least until cancelled, is the contract of carriage complete and self-contained without reference to anything dehors. Appellant places the emphasis of its brief on this theory. The doctrine in other jurisdictions and the one fixed in Kentucky is that as between the passenger and the carrier the ticket is a mere moranduan of a contract, the real and true details…