Legal Opinion

Mahoney v. Detroit Street Railway Co.

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided December 2, 1892PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Error to Wayne. (Hosmer, J.) Case. Plaintiff brings error. The facts are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.

Plaintiff entered one of defendant’s cars on Michigan avenue, going west, intending to go to Thirty-third strfeet. He paid his fare, Jive cents, to the conductor. The car he took did not go to Thirty-third street, but *613.stopped at defendant’s barns, near the railroad crossing. 'This was near the city limits, and it appears that only certain cars went the entire distance. Upon the stoppage of the car the driver unhitched his horses, and was driving them to the opposite end, when plaintiff, perceiving this, •said to the conductor that he desired to go further. To this the conductor replied, “You…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad v. Winter's AdministratorSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. Hamilton v. . Third Avenue Railroad Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1873
  3. Frederick v. Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1877
  4. Bradshaw v. South Boston RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
  5. Hufford v. Grand Rapids & Indiana RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1887

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Virginia & Southwestern Railway Co. v. HillSupreme Court of Virginia · 1906
  2. Brown v. Rapid Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1903
  3. Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad v. CatesIndiana Court of Appeals · 1895
  4. Light v. Detroit & Mackinac Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1911
  5. Brown v. Rapid Railway Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1902

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