Gasway v. Atlanta & West Point Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroads. Principal and Agent. Damages. Torts. Ratification. before Judge Ruci-ianan. Troup Superior Court. November Term, 1876. Reported in tbe opinión.
1Opinion of the Court
■Jackson, Judge.
Gasway sued tbe railroad company for damages on two counts: first, for the illegal and tortious conduct of tbe baggage-master, assisted by tbe conductor, when tbe plaintiff applied to have bis baggage checked; and secondly, for tbe illegal and tortious conduct of the same conductor, some months afterwards, towards Gasway on tbe cars.
*217The first count was to the effect that the baggage-master beat and maltreated the plaintiff wrongfully while engaged in having the baggage of his wife checked; the second, that when he was riding on the cars with his wife after-wards, the conductor…
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