Pullman's Palace-Car Co. v. King
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. This cause comes here upon a writ of error to review a judgment in favor of defendant in error, who was plaintiff below, upon the verdict of a jury awarding him $2,000 for damages for ejection from a sleeping car of the plaintiff in error,- who was defendant below.
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In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. This cause comes here upon a writ of error to review a judgment in favor of defendant in error, who was plaintiff below, upon the verdict of a jury awarding him $2,000 for damages for ejection from a sleeping car of the plaintiff in error,- who was defendant below. Plaintiff had a round-trip railroad ticket from New York to San Francisco and return, which provided for passage from Washington to New York via the Baltimore & Ohio Kailroad. In New Orleans, plaintiff showed this ticket to defendant’s agent,…
1DissentWaxjace, Circuit Judge
This is a writ of error by the defendant in the court below to review a judgment entered upon a verdict for the plaintiff. The action was brought to recover damages for the ejection of plaintiff from one of the defendant’s sleeping cars. Upon the trial, evidence was introduced showing the following facts: The plaintiff.had made a trip from New York to San Francisco upon a round-trip ticket, with coupons attached, entitling him to passage to and from those cities over various connecting railway lines. The last coupon was for one first-class passage from Washington to New York over the…
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