Purvis v. Atlanta Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Pendleton, Fulton superior court. July 13, 1915.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
L. J. Purvis brought suit against the Atlanta Northern Kailway Company, seeking to recover damages for a personal injury. He alleged, that he entered a car of the defendant, paid his fare, and notified the conductor of the street crossing at which he wished to alight; that the car failed to stop at that point, and he was negligently carried beyond it; that the conductor demanded another fare from him, and, upon his failure to pay it, forced him to alight in the dark at a dangerous place, by reason of which he fell from an embankment and was injured. By amendment two additional counts were…
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