Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Cannon

It appears from the record, that H. A. Cannon purchased at Camilla, Ga., a reduced-rate ticket from that point to Atlanta and return. When he applied to the agent at Camilla for such a ticket, he was handed one upon which was printed a contract the portion of which now material was of the nature indicated in the first headnote. The agent asked Cannon to sign his name to that contract. Thereupon the latter took a pen and, instead of affixing his signature in the usual way, made the letters composing his name in the form of printed characters, or, as stated by a witness, he “printed” his name…