St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Hudson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Cleburne Circuit Court; Brice B. Hudgins, Judge; When it appears that prejudicial error has been made in the trial, this court will reverse. 58 Ark. 253; 123 111. 333. The conductor is the proper person to pass on the question as to whether a person desiring to take passage on a train is a proper person to be admitted to the train. 75 Ark. 490. Appellant is not liable for the humiliation or mortification, if any, suffered by appellee on account of his arrest and…
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Appeal from Cleburne Circuit Court; Brice B. Hudgins, Judge; When it appears that prejudicial error has been made in the trial, this court will reverse. 58 Ark. 253; 123 111. 333. The conductor is the proper person to pass on the question as to whether a person desiring to take passage on a train is a proper person to be admitted to the train. 75 Ark. 490. Appellant is not liable for the humiliation or mortification, if any, suffered by appellee on account of his arrest and imprisonment. 87 Ark. 524.
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
The appellee brought this suit against appellant to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by appellee in being refused admission as a passenger on, and in being ejected from, one of appellant’s trains while in the act of boarding same at Little Rock, Arkansas, for the purpose of taking passage to Batesville, Arkansas.
There was a jury trial, and the verdict and judgment were in favor of appellee for $700.
The evidence on behalf of appellee tended to show that he, in company with two other parties, one of whom had purchased a ticket for appellee, attempted to get on one of appellant’s…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. RogersSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1910
- Southern Anthracite Coal Co. v. BowenSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
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