Moody v. Southern Railway Co.

The plaintiff in error sued the railway company for dámages, and after the conclusion of the evidence at the trial the court directed a verdict against him. He filed a motion for a new trial, based solely on the grounds that the verdict was contrary to law and evidence.' Prom the evidence it appeared that the plaintiff boarded the defendant’s train at Rockmart, to' go to Aragon, a distance of four miles. The ticket fare was ten cents, but, under the rules of the railroad commission, the carrier is permitted to collect twenty-five cents, cash fare, where the passenger, by reason of his own…