Wilson v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Brand. Gwinnett superior court. January 7, 1914. The suit was for an alleged wrongful expulsion of the plaintiff by the defendant’s agent from its cqr which he had entered as a passenger for transportation to a point, on defendant’s line of railway. A general demurrer to the petition was sustained, and the plaintiff excepted.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Brand. Gwinnett superior court. January 7, 1914. The suit was for an alleged wrongful expulsion of the plaintiff by the defendant’s agent from its cqr which he had entered as a passenger for transportation to a point, on defendant’s line of railway. A general demurrer to the petition was sustained, and the plaintiff excepted. The petition as amended set forth, in substance the following facts: Plaintiff purchased from defendant’s ticket agent at the Terminal Station at Atlanta, Georgia, a ticket to Buford, Georgia, a station situated on defendant’s line of…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
The fact that the plaintiff bought a ticket from the defendant’s ticket agent before boarding its cars shows that he recognized the necessity of having a ticket in order to be transported to the place of his destination, and that he expected a ticket to be demanded of him by the ticket-collector on defendant’s train. The petition shows that when plaintiff’s ticket was demanded of him, he offered the collector, in lieu thereof, a stated rate. It is not alleged that this tendered rate was the proper tariff charged passengers without tickets for transportation between Atlanta and Buford. Nor is…
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