Georgia Railroad v. Homer
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroads. Damages. Negligence. Witness. Evidence. Larceny. Diligence. Presumptions. Before Judge Hammond. DeKalb Superior Court. March Term, 1884. • ■ •' Homer brought suit against the Georgia Railroad, alleging that he had been wrongfully ejected from defendant’s train after haying purchased and delivered to the conductor a ticket to his destination; that he was put out.in an old field, away from a crossing, and in the rain.
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Railroads. Damages. Negligence. Witness. Evidence. Larceny. Diligence. Presumptions. Before Judge Hammond. DeKalb Superior Court. March Term, 1884. • ■ •' Homer brought suit against the Georgia Railroad, alleging that he had been wrongfully ejected from defendant’s train after haying purchased and delivered to the conductor a ticket to his destination; that he was put out.in an old field, away from a crossing, and in the rain. He laid his damages at $3,000.00. On the trial, the evidence for the plaintiff was, in brief, as follows: Plaintiff lived at Stone Mountain, but worked atLithonia, a…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
This is an action for the recovery of damages brought by Charles Homer against the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company for ejecting the plaintiff from the cars between Decatur and Lithonia, though he.had given to the defendant’s conductor a ticket . purchased at Decatur through to Lithonia. The jury found for the plaihtiff three hundred dollars, and the railroad company being denied a new trial, excepted ; and Homer also excepted, aiid assigned errors in a cross-bill of exceptions.
1. There is one error assigned in the bill of exceptions brought by the company, which,…
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