Hatcher v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Bessemer City Court. Heard before Hou. J. C. B. Gwin. Action by James A. Hatcher against the Southern Railway Company for the wrongful ejection of plaintiff as a passenger, such ejection occurring in Shelby county, where defendant had an agent or agents. Prom a judgment abating the action, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
The appellant instituted this action against the appellee, in the city of Bessemer, in Jefferson county, for a tortious breach of duty, by the appellee’s conductor, in ejecting the plaintiff from a train because it was asserted by the conductor, plain*635tiff would not or did not- pay the requisite fare for transportation to his intended destination. This alleged wrongful ejection of the plaintiff is averred to have caused him, ivith his family, to walk about three miles to his intended destination; to have greatly vexed, harassed, and worried him; to have humiliated him by demanding extra fare…
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- Johnson v. Bradstreet Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1891
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- Smith v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1883
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- Jefferson Fertilizer Co. v. RichSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
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