Southern Railway Co. v. McKenzie
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Milner. Gordon superior court. August term, 1896. The holder of a ticket for transportation from Chicago to Atlanta and return over connecting lines of railway, was refused passage on the ticket upon a train of the Southern Railway Co., one of the connecting lines, and on'his refusal to pay fare or. leave the train, was ejected at a station in Gordon county. He brought suit for damages.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Milner. Gordon superior court. August term, 1896. The holder of a ticket for transportation from Chicago to Atlanta and return over connecting lines of railway, was refused passage on the ticket upon a train of the Southern Railway Co., one of the connecting lines, and on'his refusal to pay fare or. leave the train, was ejected at a station in Gordon county. He brought suit for damages. The company set up that he did not comply with the conditions of the ticket by identifying himself in the manner required by its agents, as stipulated therein. The plaintiff…
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
According to the principle laid down in the case of Head v. Georgia Pacific Railway Company, 79 Ga. 358, which decision was, after review, approved and followed in the case of Morse v. Southern Railway Company, this term, the plaintiff, under the facts as found by the jury, was entitled to recover. An examination of the record fails to disclose any material error committed during the progress of the trial, and as the verdict was reasonable in amount, there is no cause for reversing the decision of the trial judge in refusing -to grant a new .trial. Judgment affirmed.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Head v. Georgia Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1887
3Cited by2 opinions
- Southern Railway Co. v. BarlowSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Moore v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1907