Midland Valley Railroad v. Horton

The appellee sued appellant, alleging that he was a passenger, having procured a ticket entitling him to passage on appellant’s train from Fort Smith to Williams, Okla., and that with this ticket in his possession he appeared at the train of appellant at its station in Fort Smith and offered and proposed to enter said train “when the employee and agent of appellant illegally and wrongfully refused to allow appellee to enter the car and with force and violence prevented appellee from entering the train.” The trial resulted in a judgment for the sum of $3.75, and upon the motion of appellee…