Allison v. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co.

This case is an action to recover damages of the defendant because of an alleged illegal ejection of the plaintiff from the defendant’s train. The defendant demurred generally to the petition, and after argument the demurrer was sustained and the case dismissed. The plaintiff excepted to this judgment.

The petition shows that plaintiff boarded the defendant’s train at Washington, Georgia, for the purpose of going to Sharon, a station on defendant’s line of road, without having purchased a ticket. The failure of the passenger to purchase a ticket does not appear to have been in any way due to…