Chamberlain v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.

October 28, 1895, plaintiff was ejected from defendant’s train between Flat Rock and Trenton for refusing to pay a fare of 25 cents. He tendered 19 cents fare, which was refused, and defendant’s conductor ejected him. He had been accustomed to travel over this line once a week or once in two weeks for a number of years, and had been compelled to pay 25 cents between these two points. The distance between these places is somewhat in dispute; the plaintiff claiming that it is only 6.3 miles, while defendant claims it to be 6.48 miles. On the trial, however, the time-table of the defendant was…