Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1888 — A Perpetual Railroad Pass. [ARTICLE]

A Perpetual Railroad Pass.

Philadelphia Time*; A perpetual railroad pass is a pretty rare thing to have, but a man living in Attlesborough, on the line of the Boston & Providence railroad, possesses one of (these passes. In 1836, when the Boston <& Providence was built, Mr. John C, Dodge conveyed to it a portion of hjs land in consideration that he and his family should ride free over the railroad as long as the land was used for railroad purposes. A grandson of Mr. Dodge lately claimed that he was entitled to the privilegs named under the deed, and that the word family meant “descendants” lof the grantor, The railroad company opposed the demand, but the Supreme Court oi Massachusetts decided that the railroad mpst carry free the descendants of Mr. Dodge for all time. s