Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Beasley
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of tire Circuit Court of Botetourt county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiffs. Defendant assigns error. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
On March 1, 1903, H. A. Dudley, a traveling salesman representing the defendant in error, purchased of plaintiff in error a one-thousand-mile ticket, upon which he was entitled to travel in the passenger trains of plaintiff in error, and to carry with him free of charge one hundred and fifty pounds of baggage. The price of this ticket was one-half a cent per mile less than the regular fare, and in consideration of this reduced charge, Dudley signed a contract on the back of the ticket, which provides, in part, as follows: “That in the event of loss…
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