Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Gross
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. E. C. Crow. Action by Frances Gross against tbe Central of Georgia Railway Company. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appealed to the Court of Appeals, and it- transferred the cause under Acts 1911, p. 450, § 6, to the Supreme Court.
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Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. E. C. Crow. Action by Frances Gross against tbe Central of Georgia Railway Company. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appealed to the Court of Appeals, and it- transferred the cause under Acts 1911, p. 450, § 6, to the Supreme Court. The following are the charges referred to: (A) If you are reasonably satisfied from the evidence that plaintiff tendered to the conductor an amount less than the legal fare to her destination, and no more, then I charge you that the conductor was under no legal duty to accept it, and could…
1Opinion of the CourtMayfield, J.
The action is by a passenger against a carrier, for being wrongfully ejected.
Plaintiff, a negro woman, holding a return coupon ticket only, boarded one of the defendant’s passenger trains at the terminal station in Birmingham, to go to Camp Hill, Ala. The return coupon was from Birmingham to Opelika, which was beyond Camp Hill, plaintiff’s destination. The ticket in question was one issued by the defendant to its employees only, and issued at much less cost than regular tickets. It was not issued to plaintiff; she having purchased it from the employee or person to whom it was issued. The…
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