Legal Opinion
Atlanta & West Point Railroad v. Coleman
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 15, 1914PublishedCited by 4 opinions
Action for damages. Before Judge Bell. Fulton superior court. May 8, 1913.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
Lurleen Coleman, by her next friend, brought a suit against the Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company to recover a penalty of $1,000, under Civil Code (1910), § 2755, because of the alleged refusal of the company to comply with section 2753 in regard to selling tickets over a connecting line at the price fixed by the railroad commission for passage over the lines of such connecting roads. It was alleged that the transaction which formed the subject-matter of the suit occurred on January 29, 1910, and that *95the plaintiff then was and still is a minor. The suit was begun on August 12, 1912.…
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