Legal Opinion
Lunsford v. Cleveland Union Terminals Co.
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided February 24, 1960No. 36065Published
1Opinion of the CourtTaft, J.
This court has never definitely passed upon the validity of provisions in a pass exempting a common carrier from liability for negligence to a “gratuitous” passenger. See Knowlton v. Erie Ry. Co., 19 Ohio St., 260, 2 Am. Rep., 395, inferentially indicating the invalidity of such provisions. See also Cleveland, Painesville & Ashtabula Rd. Co. v. Curran, 19 Ohio *352St., 1, 2 Am. Rep., 362, holding one riding on “drover pass” a paying passenger, and Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Ry. Co. v. Kinney, 95 Ohio St., 64, 115 N. E., 505, L. R. A. 1917D, 641, Ann. Cas. 1918B, 286, holding snch…
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- Northern Pacific R. Co. v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
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