Knopf v. Richmond, F. & P. R. R.
Supreme Court of Virginia
' Error to judgment of circuit court of Caroline county, rendered November 4th, 1887, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein M. M. Knopf is plaintiff, and the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company is defendant.
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' Error to judgment of circuit court of Caroline county, rendered November 4th, 1887, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein M. M. Knopf is plaintiff, and the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company is defendant. At the trial the plaintiff offered the following instructions: The court instructs the jury, that under and by virtue of the contract between Knopf Bros. & Co. and the defendant company, one member of said firm was entitled to ride upon any passenger train of the defendant at any time between Richmond and Quantico so long as said contract remained in force, but…
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action of trespass on the case in the circuit court of Caroline county against the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad Company to recover damages for the alleged wrongful ejectment of the plaintiff, M. M. Knopf, from one of the passenger trains of the defendant company, on the 27th of January, 1887. The plaintiff claimed the right to be trans*775ported by the said company in the train from which he was ejected by virtue of a certain written contract, dated the fourth day of April, 1885, and of which the following is a copy:
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