Gorman v. Southern Pacific Co.
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Contra Costa County, and from an order denying a new .trial. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Belcher, C.
The plaintiff brought this action to recover damages, resulting from his wrongful expulsion from a railroad train owned and operated by the defendant.
It is alleged in the complaint that on the twenty-first day of May, 1890, plaintiff was desirous of being conveyed from Antioch, in Contra Costa County, to Bethany, in San Joaquin County, upon defendant’s railroad train) and that he paid to defendant’s agent at Antioch the usual fare for that purpose, and received in return a ticket entitling him to such conveyance on the regular passenger train running between the two places named;…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hamilton v. . Third Avenue Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1873
- Head v. Georgia Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1887
- Russell v. DennisonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1873
- Quigley v. Central Pacific RailroadNevada Supreme Court · 1876
3Cited by22 opinions
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- Frewen v. PageMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Basler v. Sacramento Elec., Gas & Ry.California Supreme Court · 1913
- Foster v. KeatingCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1953
- Warner v. Southern Pacific Co.California Supreme Court · 1896
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