Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Motes
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Nottingham. City court of Macon. April 19, 1902.
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
An action sounding in-tort was brought hy Isaac-Motes against the Central of Georgia Railway Company, to recover damages for an assault alleged to have been committed upon him by an employee of the company. On the trial of the case the plaintiff was introduced as a witness in his own behalf, and testified substantially as follows: About the 5th of January, 1901, he purchased at Griffin a ticket entitling him to be carried over the line of the defendant’s road from that point to Fort Yalley. He took passage upon an afternoon train which ran as far as Macon, an intervening station, and arrived…
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