Carvey v. Detroit & Mackinac Railway Co.
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Bay; Shepard, J. Case by Edna Carvey, by next friend, against the Detroit & Mackinac Railway Company, for a wrongful ejection from a train. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
This is an action in which the plaintiff recovered damages for being ejected from the defendant’s car. The evidence discloses that she boarded the defendant’s regular passenger train at Bay City on the 2?th of December, 3901, and presented the following ticket:
The conductor refused to receive the ticket, and compelled her to alight, and she was obliged to walk back to her home, following the track, and carrying a heavy valise.
No question is made that this ticket, on its face, showed the plaintiff entitled to a ride on the train in question, but it was sought to show that it had been the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Frederick v. Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1877
- Hufford v. Grand Rapids & Indiana RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1887
- Keen v. Detroit Electric RailwayMichigan Supreme Court · 1900
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- Pierson v. Illinois Central RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1907