PENN. RAILROAD v. WABASH &C. RAILWAY

No. 158.

157 U.S. 225 (1895)

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. WABASH, ST. LOUIS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 4, 1895.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George Hoadly for appellant.

Mr. George Willard for appellant submitted on his brief.

Mr. Wells H. Blodgett for appellee submitted on his brief.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

On the 7th day of December, 1880, the Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway Company, by its agent at Omaha, Nebraska, sold to one W.J. Connell a railroad coupon ticket purporting to be good to the holder for passage over certain railroads extending from Omaha to the city of New York — one of which was the road belonging to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and extending from Philadelphia to New York.<...

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