Runyan v. Central Railroad
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On error to the Union County Circuit Court. The plaintiff in error was the plaintiff below.. The case was tried in the Circuit Court before Mr. Justice Van Syckel and a jury, and the plaintiff was nonsuited, and he now assigns error in that nonsuit and in the overruling of two questions at the trial, to which reference will presently be made.
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On error to the Union County Circuit Court. The plaintiff in error was the plaintiff below.. The case was tried in the Circuit Court before Mr. Justice Van Syckel and a jury, and the plaintiff was nonsuited, and he now assigns error in that nonsuit and in the overruling of two questions at the trial, to which reference will presently be made. The facts in proof are as follows: Elmer Runyan, a resident of the city of Elizabeth and the president and treasurer of a nursery company there, on the 30th of December, 1896, went to New York city on the railway of the defendant, a common carrier of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
The Chancellor.
It does not appear that either of the three tickets held by the plaintiff purported to be an agreement between him and the company. Each was simply a receipt or token that the holder was entitled to transportation between given stations according to the contract the law made between him and the carrier upon his paying the lawful fare, which contained notices of regulations of the carrier to the *541effect that thé passage should be continuous, and that the holder might have transported, without additional charge, one hundred and fifty pounds…
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- Humphreys v. PerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Merrill v. . GrinnellNew York Court of Appeals · 1864
- Stimson v. Connecticut River RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
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- Runyan v. Central RailroadSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1899
- Railroad Co. v. BaldwinTennessee Supreme Court · 1904
- Runyan v. Central RailroadSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1900
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