Rahilly v. St. Paul & Duluth Railroad

This action was brought to recover damages for the alleged wrongful act of defendant’s servants in attempting to remove him from one of its passenger trains while he was on his way from St. Paul to Duluth.

' The undisputed evidence is that plaintiff bought what is known-as a “mileage book” or “mileage ticket” from a broker or scalper, who-was a stranger to the defendant, and had no authority from it to sell its tickets. The following is a copy of this ticket, so far as here material:

“Mileage Ticket No. 3051. To be used only by Mr. A. O. Dunk [in writing], whose signature appears on the last…