Case Name: Thomas Powell v. The Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad Company
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1874-12
Citations: 25 Ohio St. 70
Docket Number: 
Parties: Thomas Powell v. The Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad Company.
Judges: 
Reporter: Ohio State Reports, New Service
Volume: 25
Pages: 70–70

Head Matter:
Thomas Powell v. The Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad Company.
Motion for leave to file a petition in error.
Pugh, Throop & Brannan, for the motion:
Jones v. Vorhees, 10 Ohio, 145 ; Davidson v. Graham, 2 Ohio St. 136; 6 How. 344, 383; Veach v. Elliott, 1 Ohio St. 139;, Hoss v. Layton, 3 Ohio St. 352.
Matthews, Pamsey § Matthews, contra:
Jordon v. Norton, 4 M. & W. 154; Grace v. Adams, 100 Mass. 505; Muller v. C. M. & D. R. R. Co., 2 Sup. Ct. Rep. (Cinti.) 280, and authorities cited. Pier v. Finch, 24 Barb. 514; Johnson v. Concord R. R. Co., 46 N. H. 213 ; Boston R. R. v. Proctor, 1 Allen, 268; Barker v. Cloflin, 31 Barb. 557.

Opinion:
By the Court.
Where a railroad company sold a ticket,, which, entitled the purchaser to ride upon its cars a certain number of times within a given period, for a price below the usual rate of fare, which ticket specified upon its face that it was only good during such period, the purchaser,, having failed to ride the specified number of times within the period named, is not entitled to ride upon such ticket after the expiration of the period.
Motion overruled.