Gaines v. Southern Stages Inc.

The plaintiff sued the defendant motor common carrier for the loss of his baggage, seeking a judgment for its value. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff moved for a new trial, the motion was overruled, and the plaintiff excepted. The plaintiff’s evidence showed in effect that he bought *632a coupon ticket in Detroit, Michigan, for through passage to Augusta, Ga., via Chattanooga, Atlanta, and Macon; that he purchased the ticket from the Colonial Stages Transit Inc. at their bus station in Detroit; that he paid this agent the excess baggage charge, and that the agent…