Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad v. Rice
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. This was an action of trespass vi et armis, removed from the Baltimore City Court. It was brought by the appellee to recover for his alleged, forcible expulsion from one of the trains of the appellee. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Baltimore County. This was an action of trespass vi et armis, removed from the Baltimore City Court. It was brought by the appellee to recover for his alleged, forcible expulsion from one of the trains of the appellee. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. Exception. — At the trial the plaintiff offered three prayers, and the defendant nine; but their insertion is deemed unnecessary, as the opinion of the Court gives their substance. The defendant excepted to the granting of the plaintiff’s prayers, and to the rejection of its second, third, fifth,…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The appellee, plaintiff below, bought a round trip ticket from Wilmington to Philadelphia. The ticket was in two coupons attached to each other, — one being for the trip to Philadelphia, and the other for the return trip. Shortly after leaving Wilmington, the conductor came through for tickets, took the plaintiff’s ticket, tore off the coupon for'the trip to Philadelphia, and by mistake punched the return coupon. A few minutes after, he came back and *65said to plaintiff, “let me see that ticket, I think I have made a mistake.” He then took the ticket which was the return coupon punched by him,…
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