Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Turner

Branham, Judge.

The plaintiff being in Dalton, and desiring to return to his home in Tilton, nine miles south of Dalton, and there being no passenger train there at the time, entered a cab, having the usual passenger accommodations, attached to a through freight train, then standing near the depot, for the purpose of treating with the conductor for passage to Beardsley’s, a water station one mile above Tilton, at which point, he was informed by the engineer, the train would stop that night. Other persons often went down u on this schedule,” and got off at this point. He had thirty cents to pay…