St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Branch
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division; Guy FuTk, Judge; 1. For the appellant to have accepted appellees’ tickets as valid transportation on its train from Stuttgart to England by way of Altheimer would have been a discrimination in their favor and a violation of the law. Kirby’s Dig., § § 6722, 6804, 6813. The act of appellant’s agent in accepting the tickets on its train from Stuttgart to Altheimer as valid transportation was not binding on the company.
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court, Second Division; Guy FuTk, Judge; 1. For the appellant to have accepted appellees’ tickets as valid transportation on its train from Stuttgart to England by way of Altheimer would have been a discrimination in their favor and a violation of the law. Kirby’s Dig., § § 6722, 6804, 6813. The act of appellant’s agent in accepting the tickets on its train from Stuttgart to Altheimer as valid transportation was not binding on the company. The ignorance of appellees that their tickets were not valid transportation on the train from Stuttgart to Altheimer, and that…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
The complaint of each of the plaintiffs is the same, as both suits grew out of the same state of facts. They alleged that on December 7, 1911, they bought a ticket from defendant’s ticket agent at Argenta for transportation as passengers on defendant’s road from Argenta to DeWitt, and return, and paid the regular fare therefor. That they took passage on one of defendant’s trains and went to the town of DeWitt. That on December 8, they boarded a train at Stuttgart, but before doing so they were required to and did show their tickets and were told, “You will have to change at Altheimer,” but…
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- St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad v. BlytheSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1910
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. ReaganSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1906
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. CatesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1908
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- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. BlundellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1917