Legal Opinion

Southern Railway Co. v. Duke

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided August 5, 1915No. 6010PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Action for damages; from city court of Carrollton — Judge Beall. September 16, 1914.

1Opinion of the CourtWade, J.

The plaintiff alleged in Ms petition that in March, 1911, he accompanied Ms daughter-in-law to the town of Villa *674Rica, in order that she might take passage on a train of the defendant company; that after arriving very early in the morning at the depot, he delivered her baggage to a “night operator” to be checked, but this operator requested that the plaintiff wait until “the day man” came on duty, and this he did; that when the depot-agent arrived, the said agent ordered the negro porter, who stayed at the depot, to check the said baggage, and, being himself otherwise engaged at the time,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Atlanta & West Point Railroad v. WestSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  2. Rhodes v. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1890
  3. Lowther v. DavisWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
  4. Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. MullinsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1910
  5. Jenkins v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1906

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Early v. Houser & HouserCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1921
  2. Porter v. Jack's Cookie Company, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
  3. Hornsby v. Haverty Furniture Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1952
  4. Southern Railway Co. v. BentonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1938
  5. Mathis v. Western & Atlantic RailroadCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1926

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