Savannah, Florida & Western Railway v. McIntosh
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroads. Contracts. Damages. Before Judge Harden. City Court of Savannah. July Term, 1884. McIntosh sued the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway Company for $861.95, on account of loss of a trunk. ‘The facts were that plaintiff purchased from the agent of the Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad, at Galveston, a through ticket to Savannah, having coupons for the various roads of the connecting line over which he had to pass.
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Railroads. Contracts. Damages. Before Judge Harden. City Court of Savannah. July Term, 1884. McIntosh sued the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway Company for $861.95, on account of loss of a trunk. ‘The facts were that plaintiff purchased from the agent of the Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad, at Galveston, a through ticket to Savannah, having coupons for the various roads of the connecting line over which he had to pass. These coupons were torn off. by the respective roads, and in such cases, the roads would settle with each • other at stated intervals. Plaintiff’s trunk was…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
The question made here is, whether the last of a chain of railroads is liable to a passenger for his baggage, which was checked through from Galveston to Savannah, the passenger having purchased at Galveston a through ticket with coupons for the several links of road making the chain.
It is not an open question in this court. In Hawley vs. Screven et al., receivers, 62 Ga,., 347, it was held that the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company, of which defendants were receivers, being first of a chain of roads, was responsible, though it showed delivery of the baggage to the…
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