Birmingham Railway Light & Power Co. v. Stallings
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. C. C. Nesmith. Action by J. A. Stallings against the Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company for forcibly, wrongfully, and unlawfully ejecting plaintiff from a car on which he had paid passage before he reached his destination.
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Appeal from Birmingham City Court. Heard before Hon. C. C. Nesmith. Action by J. A. Stallings against the Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company for forcibly, wrongfully, and unlawfully ejecting plaintiff from a car on which he had paid passage before he reached his destination. In answer to the complaint, defendant set up a rule of the defendant company that when two cars were running together, and each provided with a conductor, a passenger who had taken a seat on one car, or had gotten upon said car, and paid his fare, could not go to the other car and ride on it without again paying…
1Opinion of the CourtAnderson, J.
A rule of a street railway company providing that when a train consists of two cars, and each car has a different conductor, a passenger who takes passage in one of them and pays his fare to the conductor of said car must remain on said car until his trip is completed, and if he changes to the other car must pay his fare or get off said last car, is a reasonable one. This question has been fully discussed in the case of Birmingham Railway Light & Power Co. v. McDonough, 153 Ala. 122, 44 South. 960, and we need not here repeat or add to what was there said. Nor was it necessary that the…
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- Birmingham Railway Light & Power Co. v. McDonoughSupreme Court of Alabama · 1907