Georgia Railway & Electric Co. v. Norris
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Ellis. Fulton superior court. January 22, 1910. George C. Norris brought suit for damages against the Georgia Railway and Electric Company, making substantially the following allegations: On February 3, 1907, about 6.30 p. m.,"he boarded one of the defendant’s cars, and when he paid his fare he requested the conductor to let him off at Bellwood avenue, and the conductor promised to do so, and to let him- know when they reached that point,…
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Action for damages. Before Judge Ellis. Fulton superior court. January 22, 1910. George C. Norris brought suit for damages against the Georgia Railway and Electric Company, making substantially the following allegations: On February 3, 1907, about 6.30 p. m.,"he boarded one of the defendant’s cars, and when he paid his fare he requested the conductor to let him off at Bellwood avenue, and the conductor promised to do so, and to let him- know when they reached that point, which was a regular stopping-place on the line to let passengers on and off the car. The conductor failed to so notify him,…
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) Norris brought suit against the defendant for damages on account of personal injuries received. He was carried, during a dark, rainy night, some distance beyond his destination, by an outgoing car which he boarded in the city of Atlanta, to a point at which the car on which he was riding met an incoming car. This was in the early part of the night.- The conductor did not let him off in time to catch the latter car, and he attempted to walk back. After walking a considerable distance along the track, he walked on a trestle on which the defendant’s tracks…
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