A Question of Law.
• ■Has' a Railway Company s a J rrlit tto priest aD^ Setajn ,^ p^ssehge^ wHo J jis tinable'to produce ? .ticket' while trafrel'tmg J .npon .'its ; lines f' : Tbw"' J wfß i s>j question which "formed" tße'fl^^ot (of Idißcat6ioQ recently "m 'the New Yoj*k 'Cdtfritsfbf ; ! law. A: gentletnaia 'while tSivelHtigt T«pon the railway ' lost ::) nis.,i ticket, and was* 'called- upon' to : find tiie ' tioket jor pay the fare A second tinie. He refused to do either, and was there-, upon' seized by a railway and Oocked' up % r the night m a, police He' sued the Coinpanytfori the outrage, and obtained a verdict' i for lOOOdols damages. .: On an appeal, the OJonrt'Bphfeld the verdict ac the .i Company's servant bad no rifjht to detain any passenger iindfrrisuch circumstances. He was simply a debtor to the Company, the debt being recoverable by tpe ordtnaify means; "■- .T "'' j
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 162, 14 June 1883, Page 3
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148A Question of Law. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 162, 14 June 1883, Page 3
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