Legal Opinion

Perry v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided April 24, 1911No. 2997PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Action, for damages; from city court of Tliomasville — Judge Hammond. September 20, 1910.

1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.

Perry bparded a night train on the Atlantic Coast Line Eailroad at Brinson, Ga., a station where the ticket office was not kept open at night. He offered for transportation what is known as “Form Z” mileage, which is a mileage book based on a special contract, the terms of which will be more fully- set forth hereinafter. He wished to go to Boston, Ga., a point on the de*261fendant’s line of railroad beyond Thomasyille; Thomasyille being a junction point. When he presented his mileage book to the conductor, he asked him to “pull” it to Thomasville, and did not tell the conductor that he intended…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. StricklandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892
  2. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. MurdenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Railroad Commission v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1913
  2. Mason v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1912
  3. Railroad Commission v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1913

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