Payne v. Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railway Co.
Indiana Supreme Court
From Clay Circuit Court; 8. M. McGregor, Judge. Action by John R. Payne against the T'erre Haute and Indianapolis Railroad Company for damages on account of personal injuries sustained. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBaker, J.
By sustaining appellee’s petition for an order of transfer, this court has vacated the decision of the Appellate Court and has brought the cause here for final determination.
Appellant began this action to recover damages for personal injuries received by him through the negligence of appellee’s servants while he was being carried as a passenger on one of appellee’s regular passenger trains. Appellee answered that appellant paid no fare, but was traveling on a free pass, which was issued to him as a pure gratuity, and which contained a stipulation, agreed to by appellant, that “by its…
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