Raleigh & Gaston R. R. v. Swanson

Swanson brought an action against the Raleigh & Gaston and Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad'Companies as joint lessees of the Georgia, Carolina & Northern, the Carolina Central, and the Raleigh & Augusta Railroads, which constitute the system known as the Seaboard Air-Line, extending from Atlanta, Georgia, to Norfolk, Virginia, for breach of contracts. In his petition he alleged, in substance, as follows: He being a ticket-broker in Atlanta, Ga., and in position to control a great amount of business over the various roads centering there and leading therefrom, and defendants desiring to have…