Gordon v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
On December 22, 1926, appellant purchased a full-fare round-tri'p ticket for herself and a half-fare round-trip . ticket for he¡r granddaughter at Mena, Arkansas, from that station to Kansas City, Missouri, ' and return. The usual one-way full fare was $13.66, and the round-trip full fare, was $27.32. The tickets purchased by appellant were excursion 'tickets, and the price paid for her own ticket was $20.49, a reduction from the full regular fare of $6.83. Stamped on both tickets was this condition:
“In consideration of the reduced rate at which this ticket is sold, it will not be accepted…
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- Samples v. Georgia & Florida Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1915
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. WolfSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1911
- Pennington v. Illinois Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1911
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