Caulfield v. Yazoo & M. v. R. Co.

The plaintiff was employed as conductor on a passenger train of -the defendant railroad company at a salary of $430 per month. He had been in the service of the company for 37 years continuously, and was one of the senior conductors, with the expectation of retiring some day on a pension. He was discharged for an alleged violation or neglect of a rule of the company by failing to-include in his report to -the auditor, of the passenger receipts of one of his trips, the fare of a passenger who rode on his train, and by failing to give a satisfactory account of the omission. He brought this suit…