Baltimore & O. R. v. Thornton
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Action at law by Agnes B. Thornton against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1DissentJustice Brown
dissented.
In Railroad Co. v. Hill, 105 Va. 730, 54 S. E. 872, 6 L. R. A. (N. S.) 899, plaintiff applied to the defendant’s agent at Clinchport for a ticket to Appalachia. He paid the correct fare, but the agent, by mistake, gave him a ticket to Duffield, an intermediate point. He put the ticket in his vest pocket and boarded the train. The conductor took up the ticket and put a check in plaintiff’s hat, which indicated that he was entitled to ride to Duffield. When the cars reached that station, plaintiff did not leave the train — the conductor demanded that he pay his fare — which plaintiff…
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