Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroads. Carriers. Negligence. Before Judge Hines. Taliaferro superior court. February term, 1890. The plaintifi was a passenger on the defendant’s road. Arriving at one of its stations, her destination, about two o’clock in the afternoon, she left the train, and her trunk was put off there. She gave to the assistant agent of the defendant the check for the trunk, aud asked him to put the trunk in the depot for her until she could send for it; and he said he would do so.
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Railroads. Carriers. Negligence. Before Judge Hines. Taliaferro superior court. February term, 1890. The plaintifi was a passenger on the defendant’s road. Arriving at one of its stations, her destination, about two o’clock in the afternoon, she left the train, and her trunk was put off there. She gave to the assistant agent of the defendant the check for the trunk, aud asked him to put the trunk in the depot for her until she could send for it; and he said he would do so. Not needing the trunk, she did not send for it uutil three days afterwards. In fact it was not put into the depot hut…
1Opinion of the Court
Blandeord, Justice.
The first three grounds of the motion for a new trial in this case, that the verdict is contrary to law, to the evidence, etc., we think are not well-taken.
It is further alleged as error that the court charged the jury that “if the defendant failed to deliver it (the trunk) and undertook to deposit it in its warehouse, the liability of the railroad would be that of a warehouseman, and they would be bound to use ordinary diligence in taking care of it; and if they failed, the plaintiff would be entitled to recover.” We think this charge was correct. ■ Whether the company…
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