Southern Railway Co. v. Dyson

Mrs. Dyson brought an action against the Southern Railway Company, for damages alleged to have been sustained by her unlawful expulsion from a train of the defendant. Her petition alleged that she purchased from an agent of the company “a ticket from Mableton to Atlanta, Georgia-, for first-class passage to Atlanta, Ga., over defendant’s line, paying therefor the sum forty-seven cents.” The character of the ticket was not otherwise indicated, nor did the petition contain any allegation that it was good for passage at the time when presented. Her complaint was, that the conductor refused to…