4 Willson 111 | Tex. App. | 1890
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§ 71. Railroad companies; need not stop train at station to allow passenger to get off and purchase ticket to another station; ejection of passengers. Appellee sued to recover $1,000 damages alleged to have been sustained by him by reason of his having been -wrongfully ejected from a passenger train operated by appellants. He recovered judgment for $50 damages. Substantially the facts of the case are that appellee purchased a ticket from Dallas to Plano and took passage upon the train. Upon reaching Plano he concluded to go on to the next station, Allen, and, not having purchased a ticket from Plano to Allen, he paid his fare at the rate of four cents per mile. Upon reaching Allen he concluded to go on to McKinney, and requested the conductor to hold the train at Allen until he, appellee, could purchase a ticket to McKinney. This the conductor refused to do, but stopped the train at Allen the usual time. When the conductor demanded of appellee the fare from Allen to McKinney at the rate of four cents per mile, appellee refused to pay said rate, but offered to pay fare at the rate of three cents per mile. The difference in the two rates of fare from Allen to McKinney 'amounted to the insignificant sum of five cents. Upon appellee’s refusing to pay the fare demanded by the conductor, the conductor
Reversed and remanded.