Arnold v. Rhode Island Company

This is an action of trespass on the case, brought by a passenger upon one of the street cars which the defendant operated in the city of Providence, to recover damages for being forcibly ejected from the car by the defendant’s servant. The plaintiff presented a transfer which he claimed to be good, but which the conductor refused to accept for his fare, demanding a further cash payment which the plaintiff refused to pay. The plaintiff recovered a verdict of $175 in the Superior Court, and the presiding justice refused the defendant’s motion for a new trial based on the ground that the…