Legal Opinion

Adams v. Central of Georgia Ry. Co.

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 21, 1916PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from Shelby Circuit Court. . Heard before Hon. Hugh D. Merrill. Action by F. M. Adams against the Central of Georgia Railway Company for damages for ejecting him while a passenger. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtMcClellan, J.

The report of the previous appeal of this cause appears in 189 Ala. 665, 66 South. 628. The action is for damages for the alleged wrongful ejection of the plaintiff, a passenger, after he had seasonably tendered to the conductor IB cents as and for the maximum of the lawfully demandable passenger fare between. Dunnavant and Sterretts, two stations on the appellee’s line in this state. The conductor demanded 15 cents as fare between those points. The plaintiff refused to pay more than 13 cents, the sum he tendered, and was ejected.

The bill of exceptions recites: “The defendant offers in…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Abilene Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
  2. Sanders v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1907
  3. Bonner v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1884
  4. Walling v. Morgan CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1899
  5. Peebles v. TomlinsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1858

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Montana Horse Products Co. v. Great Northern Railway Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1932
  2. Whitman v. WhitmanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
  3. Foshee v. GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF SOUTHEASTSupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
  4. T. R. Miller Mill Co. v. Louisville N. R. Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1921
  5. Ex Parte McLendonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1940

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