Legal Opinion

Nunn v. Georgia Railroad

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 2, 1884PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Railroads. Damages. Negligence. Contracts. Custom. Before Judge Hammond. Dekalb Superior Court. March Term, 1883. Reported in the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Hall, Justice.

The plaintiff had a season ticket, commomy known as a, “book,” which entitled him to travel on the cars of the defendant company from Atlanta to his home at Clarkstom a point between the regular stations on the road at Decatur and Stone Mountain, at which trains stopped to put off and take on passengers when so notified. On the night in question, he took passage at Atlanta for his home, and *711when he delivered the conductor his ticket, he informed him that he had lost much sleep the night before, and would probably sleep on his journey, and requested him, when he reached his…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Southern Railroad v. KendrickMississippi Supreme Court · 1866
  2. New Orleans, Jackson, & Great Northern Railroad v. StathamMississippi Supreme Court · 1869
  3. Western Railroad v. YoungSupreme Court of Georgia · 1874

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. McBride v. Georgia Railway & Electric Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  2. Cincinnati, Hamilton & Indianapolis Railroad v. CarperIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
  3. Georgia & Florida Railway v. ThigpenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1913
  4. Southern Railway Co. v. HobbsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  5. Central Railroad v. WhiteheadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1885

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