Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. Boggs
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Morgan Law and Equity Court. Heard before Hon. Thomas W. Wert. Action by Clayton Boggs against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company for damages for ejection of him as a passenger. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. Transferred from the Court of Appeals under Acts 1911, p. 450.
1Opinion of the Court
SAYRE, J.(1) The effort to certify the copies of the alleged orders of the Railroad or Public Service Commission, the effect of which were to allow railroad companies to charge 15 cents over and above the price of a ticket to passengers boarding trains without a ticket at a station where a ticket office is maintained, was formless, vague, and indefinite in its reference to the matter it was probably intended to certify.(2) Moreover, and this is more material, the papers offered in evidence were authenticated by the dateless certificates' of “Atticus Mullin, Secretary.” The court may know…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. OrrSupreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- Evans v. Memphis & Charleston Rail RoadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1876
- Henry v. CouchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1902
- Kennedy v. Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1902
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. SandersAlabama Court of Appeals · 1913
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