Atlanta Con. St. Railway Co. v. Keeny
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action far damages. Before Judge Westmoreland. City court-of Atlanta. September term, 1895. Keeny sued the railway company for damages, and obtained a verdict fo-r $100. The testimony in his behalf ¿hows, that he boarded 'one of defendant’s oars, not far from his home, about four o’clock of an afternoon in August, for the purpose of riding to his place of business.
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Action far damages. Before Judge Westmoreland. City court-of Atlanta. September term, 1895. Keeny sued the railway company for damages, and obtained a verdict fo-r $100. The testimony in his behalf ¿hows, that he boarded 'one of defendant’s oars, not far from his home, about four o’clock of an afternoon in August, for the purpose of riding to his place of business. Upon the conductor coming to collect his fare, he tendered a silver half-dollar coined in 1824, that being all the money he had about him, though he had ether money at home. The coin was somewhat rare, and of somewhat different…
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
1. A genuine silver coin of the United States, distinguishable as such, though, somewhat rare and differing in appearance from other coins of this government of like denomination and of later dates, is nevertheless a legal tender for car fare, and a passenger ejected for refusal to make payment otherwise than by tendering such a coin, is entitled to an action for damages. See Jersey City etc. R. Co. v. Morgan, 52 N. J. Law Rep. 60, 40 Am. & Eng. R. R. Cases, 675 .
2. That the conductor declined to receive a coin of this character because he in good faith believed it was a counterfeit will not…
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