Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-10-14
rnings Worth Knowinf.

In the course of some valuable legal
hints to travellers, Myron L. BLY,. .
lawyer furnishes the following: He
gives the authority or precedent upon
which each case depends. Those who
travel much will do well to put these
hints in their purses, their hats or their
memories; 1t would be worth while. If
you do not intend to exhaust your
ticket Immediately. to learn something
about how long you can use 1t. for Its
''life'' may be limited by a printed
clause upon its face-54 n. Y, SIP.
And if it reads ''GOod for this day
only" don I take the ticket agents
word for it, that it will be good until
used. for he cannot bind the company
by an oral promise that it will be good
at later date than the printed condi.
tions disclose. If you can induce him
TO alter the face of the ticket to meet
your convenience for using it, well and
good. The company will be bound to
carry you according to its tenor. But
be sure that the alteration is done be-
fore it Is paid for and delivered to you,
otherwise there will be no consideration
for the change IN the contract, and it
would be void.-61 Barb, N. Y, GIL.
And right here, it is well to bear in
mind that nervous travellers are always
afraid that the train Is going to leave
them. They rush up to the ticket win
dow, throw down their money and rush
away again, without waiting to take the
ticket they have paid for, and ticket
agents must admit that they are not so
infallible as to forget to give it out oc-
caslonally. In such case the conduc-
tor can demand your fare, or put you
off il not paid He is not bound TO take
your word that you paid for a ticket
you did not get.-5 I. & c.. N. Y, go.
Nor Is he bound to believe any num-
Der of witnesses who saw you pay it.
Your proper course is to pay your fare
to the conductor, and if the ticket
agent or proper Official refuses to refund
the money, you can maintain an action
for it Id.
But going back to the subject on
which we started, if you find printed on
your ticket ITO be used within three
days from date, good for a continuous
trip only" you must use 1t within
three days and can have no stop-oveI
privileges. The obligations of the COM
pany are limited to carrying you IN the
time and manner expressed.-3l Barb,
n. Y, $50.
And the same thing is true if the
ticket reads GOOD for this day only"
You must use it on the day it bears
date.-6l Barb, n. Y, GIL.
And a limitation reading GOOD this
day only" is not waived by the con-
ductor indorsing upon it that it has
only been used to an intermediate sta
tion.-63. n. Y, 10l.
Good for this day and train only"
compels you to use 1t on the day OF its
date, and on the train on which you |
embark.-7 Hun, n. Y, GO.
But if your ticket reads ''Good for
this trip only" you are not limited to
any particular day, or any special train
of cars. These words, so it has been |
held, to not relate to time, but to the
journey; and If the ticket has not been |
previously used, it entities the holder to
a passage On a subsequent day as well
as on the day 1t is daled.-2i Barb, n.
Y, 5l4.
And an expired ticket is not made !
good because the baggage man checks
upon it, or even though a conductor
punches itand allows you 10 ride upon it
before he or another conductor discovers
that it is ''dead, ,"-3 Hun, n. Y, 241;
Il Pa. St, 432.
1t goes without saying that a commu-
tation is not good after the time for
which it was issued has expired although
the miles of travel allowed by 1t are not
Ohio St, 20.
If you buy ticket reading Portland
to Boston" you are not entitled to ride
from Boston to Portland unless there is
q special contract that 1t shall be good
going in that directicn.-67 Me. ,163.
And if the ticket agent tells you il
Will be good in that direction, it will not
be special contract unless you prove
that be was authorized to make such an
agreement. 1t will not be presumed
tnat local ticket agent has the au-
thOrity to bind the company by a spe-
cial cOntract.-34 Nd, 532; 81 Barb,
5l1.
II the company should have two
routes from Portland to Boston, you
liust take the shortest and most direct
1ne.-69 Y. Y, 504.
Unless, as in the case of direction,
you have a special contract, allowing
you TO ride on the branch or circuitous
reute.-Id.
Finally, if by the limitation printed
on your ticket, you must use. it on OF
before a certain date, it will be sufi-
,ient if you commence to use it before
he expiration of the limitation,
although you do not finish your journey
lntil after the limitation has expired.
If you are travelling from Buffalo to
New York on a ticket reading Ito be
used on or before September 1, 1885,"
you are safe if you start on the first OF
September, although you require part
,f the second to reach your destination.