City Electric Railway Co. v. Shropshire
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Harris. City court of Floyd county. February term, 1896.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, P. J.
1. As a general rule, a railway company will be legally responsible for the misconduct of its conductor, or other duly authorized agent, whilst undertaking to exercise on its behalf its right to eject from its cars a person not entitled to ride therein. Higgins v. Southern Railway Co., 97 Ga. 751, 25 S. E. Rep. 837. And that the company’s servant may have exceeded the authority with which he was clothed, or have acted in direct disregard of express orders given him in the premises and in violation of the duty with which he was entrusted, will not ordinarily constitute a defense which the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Columbus & Rome Railway Co. v. ChristianSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895
- Peavy v. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1883
- Higgins v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1896
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