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Machen Arrested For Taking Bribes
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Abstract | Tho llapld Transit Company Is not obliged by Its franchise to give transfers to passengers In opposite directions from tboso In which they begin a, trip. Judge Lylc A. Dickey Is denied tho penalty of $100 ho BUed to recover from tbo company for Its refusal of n transfer to him from the KIiir street lino to the Llllha and Punahou line, ho having traveled vast on the former and asked for a transfer to travel west on tho latter. Judgo Do Holt rendered a decision this morning In favor of tho defendant In the action for a penalty of I.ylo A. Dickey vs. Honolulu Rapid Transit & Land Company. Tho Court describes tho two lines operated by tbu defendant and quotes Its rules of transfers, also tho law governing fares on the railway which says: "Upon a continuous trip, persons riding upon tho cars and transferring fiom ono car to another upon a connecting lino within the HnillH nliovo mentioned shall bo entitled tu it trans-ter tlqkct without the payment of un extra faro upon tho lines of this railway." Judge Dc Holt proceeds to state tho contentions of both sides aad his conclusions, thus: "Plaintiff contends that tho two lines aro connecting lines, and. being with-It. tho limits as prescribed in said 1st subdivision of said section 9, I. c. be ing between Diamond Head and he was entitled to the transfer ns requested by him. notwithstanding that he would tlitm bo able to take a trip from cast to west and from west tc cast over either lino and return on the other line to his starting tfolnt. and so continue at his pleasure for ono fard. "Counsel for defendant or the other hand, contends that tho two lines aro entirely separate and distinct and arc not connecting lines, but nre parallel lines with two points In common, and that tho giving of transfers as heretofore to any person riding continuously (Cctlnuod on Pago 8.) |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://evols.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10524/9044/1903052701.pdf?sequence=1 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
