Hines v. Wallace
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Certiorari; from Fulton superior court — Judge Pendleton. September 26, 1919. The plaintiff, intending to make a railroad trip on the following day from the Terminal Station in Atlanta to Montgomery, Alabama, sent her trunk to the station by a truckman, who, according to his testimony, left it there inside the door of the place where trunks were received at the baggage-room of the Atlanta Terminal Company, with an employee in the office of the checkroom that leads to the…
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Certiorari; from Fulton superior court — Judge Pendleton. September 26, 1919. The plaintiff, intending to make a railroad trip on the following day from the Terminal Station in Atlanta to Montgomery, Alabama, sent her trunk to the station by a truckman, who, according to his testimony, left it there inside the door of the place where trunks were received at the baggage-room of the Atlanta Terminal Company, with an employee in the office of the checkroom that leads to the baggage-room, who accepted the trunk for storage until the plaintiff should call for it. There was no one in the office but…
1Opinion of the CourtBloodworth, J.
Suit for damages on account of the loss of a trunk, alleged to have been turned over by the plaintiff to the *379Atlanta Terminal Company, was filed in tbe municipal court of Atlanta against Walker D. Hines, director-general of railroads, operating that company. Judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff, certiorari was overruled by the judge of the superior court, and the case was brought to this court. It appears from the record that the truckman who as agent of the plaintiff delivered the trunk to the terminal company did not demand a baggage or claim-check, and that one Mrs. Bamsden, an…
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