Mosher v. St. Louis, I.M. & S. Ry. Co., 127 U.S. 390 (1888)
U.S. Supreme Court
Mosher v. St. Louis, I.M. & S. Ry. Co., 127 U.S. 390 (1888)
Mosher v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company
No. 246
Argued and Submitted April 20, 1888
Decided May 14, 1888
127 U.S. 390
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
Syllabus
The S. Company, owning a railroad extending from S. to M., and there connecting with the railroad of the H. Company from M. to H., sold a ticket at a reduced rate of fare, for a passage from S. to H. and return,
containing a contract signed by the purchaser, by which he agreed "with the several companies" upon the following conditions: that "in selling this ticket, the S. Company acts only as agent and is not responsible beyond its own line;" that the ticket
"is not good for return passage unless the holder identifies himself as the original purchaser to the satisfaction of the authorized agent of the H. railroad at H. within eighty-five days from the date of sale, and, when officially signed and dated in ink and duly stamped by said agent,"