Florida Southern Railway Co. v. Katz
Citations
- 23 Fla. 139
Syllabus
<p>1. When a passenger goes on the train of a railroad company and pays his fare to be transported to some locality on such company’s-road, and the conductor before the journey is completed tells the passenger that the train will not go to the station to which such passenger has paid to be carried, and that ho can either get olf ■ at the station where the train is then stopping or go to some other point, whereupon the passenger leaves the train, he lias a right of action against the company for damages.</p> <p>•.3. But, if after the passenger leaves the train, the conductor tenders him back the fare for the incompleted part of his journey, and he voluntarily receives it, he thereby waives his right of action.</p>
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