Finch v. Northern Pacific Railroad
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Clay-county, Mills, J., presiding, refusing a new trial on plaintiff consenting that the verdict of $650 in his favor be reduced to $500.
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
The defendant claims that the damages awarded by the jury in this ease are excessive. This is the only question requiring consideration. The plaintiff took passage on one of defendant’s trains at Muskoda, in Clay county, on the morning of December 24,1888, intending to go to Moorhead. He was unable to procure a. ticket, owing to the absence of the ticket agent at the station. In accordance with an inflexible rule of the company, the conductor was required to collect 25 cents in addition to the regular fare, where passengers failed to procure tickets, and to issue to them a rebate-certificate…
2Cited by6 opinions
- Willson v. Northern Pacific RailroadWashington Supreme Court · 1893
- McLean v. Chicago, St. P., M. & O. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Zion v. Southern Pac. Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nevada · 1895
- Arnold v. Rhode Island CompanySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1907
- Gisleson v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1902
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