Dillon v. Erie Railroad
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment for the plaintiff which was rendered by the District. Court in the city of, New York for the Eleventh Judicial District. Action to recover the penalty prescribed for the defendant’s refusal to issue a mileage book, designed for travel on its railroad, when applied to by the plaintiff, pursuant to the provisions of section 1 of chapter 1027 of the Laws of 1895, as amended by chapter 835 óf the Laws of 1896.
1Opinion of the CourtBisohopp, J.
Upon" proof of the defendant’s incorporation under and pursuant to the Railroad Law of 1890 (Chap. 565 of the Laws oí that year), that it operates a railroad which extends through territory of the states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and is located mainly (for more than three hundred and eighty - miles of its length) in the state of New" York; that the operation of the railroad includes communication between points within- the last-mentioned state; that it charges a maximum fare of more than two cents per mile, and that upon application by the plaintiff therefor, at the defendant’s ticket…
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