Maples v. New York & New Haven Railroad
Supreme Court of Connecticut
• Trespass on the case, for the ejection of the plaintiff from the defendants’ cars by a conductor ; brought to the Superior Court, and tried on the general issue closed to the jury, before Minor, J. The court rendered judgment of non-suit, and the plaintiff filed a motion in error for the refusal of the court to set aside the non-suit. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPark, J.
We think there is manifest error in the decision of the court below in refusing to set aside the non-suit that had been ordered by the court. Some time in the month of December, 1868, the plaintiff purchased of the defendants a commutation ticket, which conferred upon him the right to ride in the cars upon the defendants’ railroad from the town of Westport to the city of New York, during the year 1869,' upon certain conditions. One of the conditions was that the ticket should be shown to conductors when requested, or when required by the rules of the company. One of the company’s rules in…
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