Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Dorsey
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before W. A. Brown, judge pro hac vice. Henry superior court. June 16, 1902.
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
It appears from the record that Mrs. Dorsey purchased a ticket of the Central of Georgia Railway Company at East Point, Georgia, one of its stations, for transportation to Love-joy, Georgia, another of its stations,— a distance of about sixteen miles. The conductor at East Point stood at the front end of the ladies’ coach, and Mrs. Dorsey boarded the coach at the rear end. During the passage of the train between the two points, the conductor failed to discover Mrs. Dorsey, and she failed to call his attention to her presence on the train or to where her destination was. The train was not…
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