Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-02-01 | Page 3 | "Smooth" Nickels Are worth Face Value

I SMOOTH NICKELS AR ARE WORTH FACE VALUE St. St Louis Trolley Line Pays 2000 2000 for Refusing Aged Coin By IPres ST. ST.- LOUIS Feb I 1 Smooth 1 nickels nickels nick nick- els must be accepted at their face value according to a a. decision rendered by Judge Ryan In Inthe the Circuit court court Inthe in inthe inthe the case case of f John F. F Ruth who was awarded 2000 against the St. St Louis Transit company for forb being ing ejected from froma a car cara rested arrested and lo locked ked up over overnight night because he tendered worn coin Judge Ryan Ry-m said There Is no such thing as assumed by jy defendant as a nickel of less less than full fa face e value A gold coin may may be worth orth less Jess than its face value be because ause of abrasion or oi J loss ss of weight but out this Is s not true of ofa of a nickel I think the carrier carrier car car- r rier should be held to the rule that if ift it t ejects a passenger who tenders a good payment It does so at its Us own peril