Baldwin v. Seaboard Air-Line Railway
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Little. Chattahoochee superior court. June '4, 1906. Gale Scott Baldwin brought an action against the Seaboard Air-Line Railway, to recover damages. The petition made the following allegations: In September, 1905, the plaintiff purchased from the defendant, in the City of Albany, Ga., a ticket entitling him to ride on its passenger train from that city to Columbus, Ga.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Little. Chattahoochee superior court. June '4, 1906. Gale Scott Baldwin brought an action against the Seaboard Air-Line Railway, to recover damages. The petition made the following allegations: In September, 1905, the plaintiff purchased from the defendant, in the City of Albany, Ga., a ticket entitling him to ride on its passenger train from that city to Columbus, Ga. He boarded defendant’s train at Albany, and the conductor thereof accepted his ticket for his transportation to Columbus. When the train approached Sulphur Springs, in Chattahoochee County, an…
1Opinion of the CourtFish, C. J.
(After stating the facts.)
We think the plaintiff’s petition clearly indicates that at the-time of the occurrence of which he complains, quarantine regulations were in force with reference to travelers seeking to enter the City of Columbus, at least as to such travelers coming from Albany, Ga. The petition shows that before the plaintiff purchased ■ his ticket he was put on notice of the existence of such regulations, by the agent of the defendant, to whom he applied to purchase the ticket, as the agent notified him “that before purchasing the same it would be necessary for him to have a…
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