Forsee v. Alabama Great Southern Railroad
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County. Hon. S. H. Terral, Judge. ' About nine o’clock P. M., on September 20, 1884, S. P. Forsee went to the ticket office of the Alabama Great Southern R. R. Co. at Toomsuba, for the purpose of buying a ticket and taking passage for Meridian on that company’s train, which was due at Toomsuba at about half-past nine o’clock p. m.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County. Hon. S. H. Terral, Judge. ' About nine o’clock P. M., on September 20, 1884, S. P. Forsee went to the ticket office of the Alabama Great Southern R. R. Co. at Toomsuba, for the purpose of buying a ticket and taking passage for Meridian on that company’s train, which was due at Toomsuba at about half-past nine o’clock p. m. The depot was dark, no ticket agent could be seen or found, and as it was raining slightly Forsee and his companion, one Poole, left the depot, where, as they claimed, there was no adequate shelter, and went over to a…
1Opinion of the Court
Arnold, J.,
delivered-the opinion of the court.
There was no error in sustaining the objection to the proposed testimony in regard to appellant’s health. It is not claimed that his health was affected by the occurrence of which he complains, and evidence on that subject was irrelevant.
The testimony offered, including the deposition of C. P.-'Blanks in regard to the character of the ticket agent, was properly excluded. It was shown that the agent was not at his post, and that the ticket office was not open in time for appellant to obtain a ticket, and the character of the' agent under these…
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