Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-10-06

! Will tilt law, III case no SelG Is Iur-
nished you. 1t has been held that you
may decline to surrender your ticket
until seated. Everybody knows that, .
says reader. Not too fast. 1t has
been further held that you cannot re.
main on the train and still keep youI
ticket. You cannot ride standing; you
must get off the first suitable opportu,
nity.-53 Mo. 81.
And if you do get off because a seat
is not furnished you, you may retain
your ticket, and you have an action for
breach of contract-Id.
Until the suitable opportunity to get
off is presented you are, of course, en-
| titled to remain aboard, and may stand
in the aisle or ride on the platform
35 y. Y, go.
1t is your sovereign right, also, to go
into the drawing-room car in search OF
a seat if there are none vacant in the
ordinary coacheS.-I6 n. Y. , 402.
Nor are you bound to ask the con-
manual force, in removing some pig
gish Passengers baggage, before going
into drawing-roOm or palace car in
search of seat.-Id.
If you should exercise your right to
go into a drawing-room ear, the con-
ductOr will likely demand the extra
fare from you. You may justly refuse
to pay it, and if elected for nOn-pay-
ment, you may sue for an aSSault.-ld.
1t has been held that railway conn.,
pany may set apart Ladies' car, b" and
I ~ alHN1 NsI
| 5S7.
At least if there are no seats in the
ordinary coaches, and there are vacant
seats i'll the ladies' car, the servants OF
the company may exercise their discre-
ton i'll selecting persons to put there.
IL Hun. On. ", 40.
Anyone who takes umbrage because
they are left, when the employees eXer-
else this discretion, in selecting, have
an action for breach of contract of car
riage.-Id.
SuppoSing you have got a seat at last,
it would be well to bear in mind some
| further duties which are incumbent
upon you. 1t is said that the seat is fol
the passenger to sit in and the window
to admit air and light, and if you ST
with your elbow or arm in or out of the
window, you do so at your own peril
So Pa. Sa., 294.
And yet the courts will not compe
you to sit bolt upright, as though YOU
body was of cast iron, and to keep youl
elbow from protruding the smallest
| fraction of an inch outside the window
if there was no apparent danger,-ll
Wis, 4S7.
But if, for instance, the train was
passing through a switch yard, and il
you saw switch or signal posts flying by,
it would he manifestly dangerous fol
you to put your arm or head out of the
window, and You would do SO at youI
peril. 16 Barb. (N. ", 113.
However, you are not, as mattel
of law, compelled to remain in youl
seat from the beginning of your journey
until you arrive at your destination ol
the destination of the train. If that
were so you might die OF thirst. l.. II.
50; q. b, l6l.z---,-f----7i 49,
And it is question 10 be left for ;
jury to say whether you are negligent
if, while looking for a seat, you pas
from one car to another, following the
direction of trainman, who tells yor
there are vacant seats in rear car--3l
y. Y, 2S7.
And whether it is negligence to stand
| up in the aisle and look for seat ha:
been left for a jury also.-l2l Mass.
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