Trezona v. Chicago Great Western Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Delaware District Court. — Hon. A. S. Blaie, Judge. On the thirteenth day of October, 1893, the plaintiff purchased from defendant’s agent at Dubuque, Iowa, a passenger ticket from Dubuque to Lamont, Iowa, paying therefor one dollar and seventy-five cents, that being the first-class regular fare. Across the face of the ticket in red ink were the words, “Not good after date of sale.”
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Appeal from Delaware District Court. — Hon. A. S. Blaie, Judge. On the thirteenth day of October, 1893, the plaintiff purchased from defendant’s agent at Dubuque, Iowa, a passenger ticket from Dubuque to Lamont, Iowa, paying therefor one dollar and seventy-five cents, that being the first-class regular fare. Across the face of the ticket in red ink were the words, “Not good after date of sale.” The ticket was not offered for passage until November 17, 1891, when plaintiff and his wife took defendant’s train at Dubuque for Lamont, and when a little o,ut of Dubuque the conductor asked for…
1Opinion of the Court
Granger., J.-
*241 *23I. It' does not appear why the ticket was not used on the day of its purchase, nor does it appear *24that plaintiff did, on tlie day of the purchase, notice the limitation on the ticket, but he did know it before he took the train on the seventeenth day of November, 1894. He says he had such knowledge, but thought the provision was unreasonable, and that, as he had paid for the passage, he had a right to it, notwithstanding the provision on the ticket. The arguments' in this case take a wider range than the controlling legal proposition requires. A few significant facts, first…
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- Stone v. C. & N. W. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1877
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- Eiseman v. Hawkeye InsuranceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1888
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