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Show oo HOLDS PENALTY LEGAL. The supreme com t of (he state of Minnesota has doided that it Is a le--gltimate at to lequlrc passengers to pay an additional in ontK for Tare on trains when not supplied with tlkels Tho opinion was given in the ase of Richard A. Allen, who hoarded an Omaha train at -Savage, Minn, and tendered the "conductor cnuh fare of 37 cents to ride to St Paul The conductor con-ductor demanded 10 cent mur? from Allen, who refused to pay Whereupon Where-upon the train official gaAc him a receipt for 35 rents, the fare to Men-dota. Men-dota. and 2 cents change and required Allen to get off at Mendota. Ho then walked to Fort Snelllng. a distance of a mile nnd a half, and boarded a street car for SL Paul. He bi ought suit and a jury awarded him $300 damages The court. howeor, out this to $150 and the railroad company appealod. The (supreme court reverted the findings find-ings of the lower court and ordered judgment for the railroad company. The sllabus of the opinion written by Justice Lewis, follows "It was conclusively esUiblished bv the evidence that the plaintiff was afforded the usual and reasonable opportunity op-portunity to purchase a ticket before the train started upon which he desired de-sired to take passage. "It Is a reasonable regulation to require re-quire a passenger without a ticket who lenders cash for transportation to pay 10 cents more thaa the regular regu-lar fare, the passenger being furnished furnish-ed with a receipt which entitles him to a refund of the 10 cents "This rule is not in onflict with chapter 97. laws 1007, which fixes the maximum rate of transportation of passengers at 2 cents per mile." |