McLean v. Chicago, St. P., M. & O. Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant, the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company, from an order of the District Court, Blue Earth County, Severance, J., made March 10, 1892, refusing a new trial. The plaintiff, Fred McLean, residing at Lake Crystal, Minn., on the line of defendant’s road, applied to the ticket agent there for a ticket to Madelia on said line, and for a permit to make the trip on one of defendant’s freight trains.
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Appeal by defendant, the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company, from an order of the District Court, Blue Earth County, Severance, J., made March 10, 1892, refusing a new trial. The plaintiff, Fred McLean, residing at Lake Crystal, Minn., on the line of defendant’s road, applied to the ticket agent there for a ticket to Madelia on said line, and for a permit to make the trip on one of defendant’s freight trains. The ticket agent furnished him a ticket, for which he paid, and also a permit. Certain blanks in the permit were not filled out in accordance with the rules of the…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
There is no' substantial difference between the facts in this case and those recently considered in Finch v. Northern Pac. R. Co., 47 Minn. 36, (49 N. W. Rep. 329,) or in the rules of law which govern. There the plaintiff, unable to buy a ticket at the station where he boarded a passenger train, the office being closed, was obliged to leave the train because he refused to pay a small sum demanded by the conductor in good faith, and in accordance with a rule of the railway company, in addition to the regular fare. Here the plaintiff had purchased a ticket, and had obtained, as he supposed, and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Finch v. Northern Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Curriden v. St. Paul & Northern Pacific Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Campopiano v. Rhode Island Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1916
- Gisleson v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902