Adams v. Beaver Valley Traction Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 52, April T., 1909, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Beaver Co., Sept. T., 1907, No. 38, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Samuel Adams v. Beaver Valley Traction Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Prather, P. J., specially presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 52, April T., 1909, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Beaver Co., Sept. T., 1907, No. 38, on verdict for plaintiff in case of Samuel Adams v. Beaver Valley Traction Company. Trespass to recover damages for personal injuries. Before Prather, P. J., specially presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Plaintiff presented the following point: 4. If you believe from the evidence that the plaintiff was a passenger on the car of the defendant company, and had duly paid his fare, and that the agent of the company being then engaged in his business as…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Head, J.,
For the purposes of this appeal the verdict of the jury has established that plaintiff was a passenger on the car of the defendant; that he had paid the fare which entitled him to be carried to a place called in the testimony the Junction; that the conductor of the car, mistakenly or wrongfully claiming that no fare had been paid but only a void transfer check tendered, demanded a second fare, and upon plaintiff’s refusal to pay it, ejected him from the car while it was yet a considerable distance from the Junction above mentioned. These *406facts established, it follows that…
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- Rose v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1845
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