Huck v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

Citations

• 13 Tiess. 353

Syllabus

<p>Syllabus.</p> <p>Where the conductor of a train erroneously detaches a coupon from a return ticket and keeps it, the absence of which the ticket agent at destination takes as a reason for refusing to validate the return ticket, and ¿n consequence the passenger is detained at destination two days, and is compelled to telegraph at the place of departure to borrow money from a friend in order to buy a return ticket, he will be entitled to damages against the railroad.</p> <p>In an action for the violation of a contract, compensatory damages of a nominal character will be allowed even where no proof of actual pecuniary damage has been adduced and only loss of time and inconvenience has been shown.</p>