Peterson v. Tacoma Railway & Power Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Pierce county, Shackleford, J., entered June 18, 1910, in fayor of the plaintiff, upon an agreed statement of facts, in an action by a passenger for wrongful ejection from a street car.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
In its inception the present Tacoma Railway & Power Company acquired control of various lines of street railway operating under a number of distinct franchises in the city of Tacoma. These lines operating independently were under no obligation, unless so provided in the franchise, to exchange or transfer passengers from one to the other. In consequence great confusion was put upon the citizens. Transfers would be allowed, some from one line to another, and denied upon the same lines to others. Transfers would be allowed at certain points and denied at others. The growth of the city demanded a…
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