Usher v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.

Citations

• 71 Kan. 375
• 80 P. 956
• 1905 Kan. LEXIS 147

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1, Railroads — Contract of Passenger Ticket. A certain railroad ticket issued by a railway company and accepted by a purchaser for transportation held not to import a contract to carry the purchaser to Lineolnville on the first train leaving Lost Springs after the purchase, but merely to indicate an undertaking to carry the purchaser to Lineolnville on a train that, according to the company’s time-card, stops at Lineolnville.</p> <p>2. -- Cases Followed. The cases of A. T. & S. F. Rid. Co. v. Gants, 38 Kan. 608, 17 Pac. 54, 5 Am. St. Rep. 780, and Lee v. Railway Co., 67 id. 402, 73 Pac. 110, approved and followed.</p>