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CHARLESTON & WEST. CAR. RY. v. THOMPSON

No. 751.

234 U.S. 576 (1914)

34 S.Ct. 964

58 L.Ed. 1476

CHARLESTON AND WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY COMPANY v. THOMPSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 22, 1914.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. F. Barron Grier and Mr. W.K. Miller, with whom Mr. T.P. Cothran was on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. William H. Fleming for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff, Lizzie Thompson, sued the Railroad Company, the plaintiff in error, to recover for personal injuries inflicted upon her while she was a passenger upon a train that was carrying her from South Carolina to Georgia. The railroad pleaded that she was traveling on a free pass that exempted the company from liability, the same having been issued to her gratuitously...

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