Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. Dougherty
Supreme Court of Georgia
Passengers. Railroads. Damages. Negligence-Charge of court. Verdict. Before Judge Eve. City court of Richmond county. August term, 1890. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
The defendant in error brought her action against the plaintiff in error, in which she alleged that she bought from the agent of the railroad company a ticket to go from Aiken, South Carolina, to Atlanta, Georgia, over the road of said company ; that she purchased this ticket at night, paid her money for the fare, received the ticket from the agent, and when she was between Augusta and Atlanta, being called on by the conductor for a ticket, she presented the ticket she had purchased, when it appeared that the same was to Asheville, North Carolina, instead of to Atlanta; the…
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