Little Rock Railway & Electric Co. v. Goerner
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court; Edward W. Winfield, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellee alleged that on September 3d he boarded and paid his fare on a car of appellant going north on Main Street, which was bound for East Markham Street, and obtained a transfer to a West Markham Street car.
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court; Edward W. Winfield, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. The appellee alleged that on September 3d he boarded and paid his fare on a car of appellant going north on Main Street, which was bound for East Markham Street, and obtained a transfer to a West Markham Street car. That the conductor of said west-bound car took up his transfer ticket, and, without fault of plaintiff, called him a “deadbeat”, and struck him over the eye with some instrument, inflicting severe wounds on his head and face, and pushed and pressed him back upon the railing of the car, inflicting…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after átating the facts.) 1. No objection was made and exception saved at the trial to the portion of the testimony of W. H. Rankin which appellant now urges as -error. We will therefore not consider that question.
2. A street railway may make and enforce reasonable rules to facilitate its business, and to protect itself from fraud and imposition. So long as these rules are not inconsistent with the rights of the public to transportation over- the company’s road, and do not impose unnecessary and unreasonable burdens upon them, they will be enforced. Booth, Street Ry. Raw, § 237;…
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