Jeffersonville Railroad v. Rogers

— This was a suit by the appellee against the appellant for unlawfully expelling the appellee from its cars. The complaint alleged that the defendant’s ticket agent refused t'o sell a ticket to the plaintiff; that he thereupon seated himself in the car without such ticket, for the purpose of being carried from Indianapolis to Columbus, and tendered the usual ticket fare to the conductor, who refused that sum and d'emanded a greater sum by fifteen cents; and upon a refusal by the plaintiff to pay the sum demanded, he was, by the defendant, expelled from the vehicle three miles from a station.

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