Legal Opinion

Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. Christison

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided January 24, 1891PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Ford County; the Hon. A. Sample, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtWall, J.

This was an action on the case for damages accruing to the plaintiff on account of being put off a train on the defendant’s railroad. The plaintiff recovered a judgment for §75, from which the defendant has prosecuted an appeal to this court.

The plaintiff alleges that he applied to the ticket agent for a ticket from Gibson to switch D., and that the agent refused to sell him a ticket but assigned no reason for such refusal; that he then got upon the train after having learned from the conductor that it would stop at said station; that he conductor required him to pay ten cents extra for…

2Cited by5 opinions

  1. Chicago & G. T. Ry. Co. v. SpurneyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1901
  2. Wolfe v. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1920
  3. Díaz v. San Juan Light & Transit Co.Supreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1911
  4. León Parra v. GerardinoSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1941
  5. Ross v. Preferred Accident InsuranceHawaii Supreme Court · 1925

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