Robb v. Railway Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 109, April T., 1900, by defendant, in suit of C. Robb against Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Feb. T., 1898, No. 535, on verdict for plaintiff. Opinion by W. D. Porter, J. Action of trespass. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. Defendant submitted among others the following point: [That under the evidence in this case the verdict must be for defendant.
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Appeal, No. 109, April T., 1900, by defendant, in suit of C. Robb against Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company, from judgment of C. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., Feb. T., 1898, No. 535, on verdict for plaintiff. Opinion by W. D. Porter, J. Action of trespass. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. Defendant submitted among others the following point: [That under the evidence in this case the verdict must be for defendant. Answer: Refused.] [1] The court below charged the jury, inter alia, as follows: [Now if, as the plaintiff claims here, he presented this…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
W. D. Pouter, J.,
The plaintiff had purchased, at the office of the Pennsylvania company at Wellsville, Ohio, an interchangeable 1,000 jnile rebate exchange ticket, issued by the Central Passenger *286Association, which was exchangeable for tickets over the lines of the companies designated in the contract, one of which was the defendant company. The Central Passenger Association represented a number of separate and distinct railroad companies operating independent lines; among the companies composing the association were the Lake Shore, Michigan Central and Pennsylvania lines. The…
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