Southern Pac. Co. v. Hamilton
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nevada. Action, in the district court of Humboldt county, Nev., by Asa M„ Hamilton against the Southern Pacific Company to recover for injuries inflicted in ejecting plaintiff from defendant’s train. Defendant removed the cause to the federal circuit court, where judgment was given for plaintiff:. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
McKENNA, Circuit Judge.
The defendant in error, Hamilton, purchased in Denver, of a broker, a first-class, unlimited ticket for San Diego, via San Francisco. The broker was not an agent of either of the companies over whose lines the ticket purported to be good for a passage. It was primarily issued by the Union Pacific Railroad Company, and was what is called a “Contract Ticket,” which, is explained as one issued for a continuous passage over two or more roads, as distinguished from a ticket issued by one road, and confined to it, the former only being good in the hands of the original…
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