Kates v. Pullman's Palace Car Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Van Epps. City court of Atlanta. November term, 1894. .From plaintiff’s testimony the. following appears: He went to the passenger depot in Atlanta to take the train for Jacksonville, Florida. He had $125 in money-anct certain plans and specifications contained in an envelope. He bought a sleeping-car ticket, went to the platform of the Pullman car, and asked the conductor of that car if. that was the car that went to Jacksonville.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Van Epps. City court of Atlanta. November term, 1894. .From plaintiff’s testimony the. following appears: He went to the passenger depot in Atlanta to take the train for Jacksonville, Florida. He had $125 in money-anct certain plans and specifications contained in an envelope. He bought a sleeping-car ticket, went to the platform of the Pullman car, and asked the conductor of that car if. that was the car that went to Jacksonville. The conductor replied, “ Yes, but I do not know if this-car will go through to Jacksonville. You go on and take your seat, and I…
1Opinion of the Court
Lumpkin, Justice.
This was an action against a sleeping-car company by a passenger for the alleged loss of property, and resulted in a nonsuit. The substance of the material evidence is stated by the reporter.
1. We shall not undertake in the present ease to state definitely the precise relation existing between a sleeping-car company and its patrons, nor to draw a limit as to the value or kinds of property which a passenger may properly have and carry about his person when traveling in a sleeping-car. The character of the business in which the company is engaged necessarily imports a duty on…
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