Hicks v. Georgia Southern & Florida Ry. Co.

The Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company ran an excursion-train, for passengers, from Macon, Ga., to Beach Haven, Ga. The train was scheduled to run between these two points without stopping. Hicks purchased a ticket for the round trip, expecting, he claims, to stop at an intermediate station on the way out. The train did not stop at this station, but carried him on to Beach Haven. According to his statement, when the train was about to return to Macon, he approached the conductor and requested that on the way back the train be' stopped at the intermediate station in order that he…