Alabama Great Southern R. Co. v. Vermillion
Alabama Court of Appeals
Appeal from City Court of Bessemer; J. C. B. Gwin, Judge. Action by W. E. O. Vermillion against tbe Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, for damages for misrepresentation in tbe sale of mileage transportation. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSamford, J.
On April 3, 1914, the plaintiff telephoned to the defendant’s agent at Bessemer, Ala., that he wanted transportation from Bessemer to Shreveport, La., and for the agent to make up the transportation from Bessemer, Ala., to Shreveport, La., and return. Shortly after this phone message, and before the train was due, plaintiff went to the defendant’s ticket office in the city of Bessemer, and told defendant’s agent who he was, and the agent delivered to plaintiff a book containing mileage coupons, form S. I. M., and a ticket from Bessemer, Ala., to 'Shreveport, La., tbe agent tearing out of the…
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