Keefe v. Lexington & Boston Street Railway Co.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, against a street railway company, for a fare alleged to have been collected from the plaintiff illegally. Writ in the District Court of Central Middlesex dated October 9, 1902. On appeal to the Superior Court GrasTdll, J. found for the defendant pro forma. Judgment was entered for the defendant; and the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, C. J.
The plaintiff seeks to recover five cents paid under protest for his fare, demanded by the conductor on one of the defendant’s cars. The defendant corporation was organized under the laws of this Commonwealth, after the St. 1898, c. 578, went into effect. The selectmen of the town of Concord and the selectmen of the town of Bedford, in granting the defendant a location in their respective towns, prescribed conditions as to the fares that might be charged for the transportation of passengers within the limits of the town. The plaintiff contends that the fare charged and collected in his case…
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