Johnson v. Detroit, Ypsilanti & Ann Arbor Railway

Plaintiff boarded defendant’s car in Detroit, paid bis fare to Wayne, and received a check or ticket in receipt for it. Conductors were changed before the car reached Wayne, and plaintiff testified that he presented the check given him by the first conductor to the second conductor. The conductor informed plaintiff that the ticket was not good, and, on plaintiff’s refusing to pay his fare, ejected him from the car. A ticket was received in evidence, which the conductor testified was the one in question, and which obviously did not entitle plaintiff to ride from Detroit to Wayne. One of…