Boyd v. Spencer
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Fite. Whitfield supe-rior court. April term, 1897.
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
Boyd sued the receivers of the railroad company for damages alleged to have been sustained on account of their refusal to honor a ticket for passage on their train, and ejecting' him therefrom. It appears from the evidence, that the plaintiff bought and paid full fare for the ticket in question, from the agent of the defendants at Dalton. The ticket had stamped upon it a statement that it would expire by midnight •of the next day; but plaintiff’s attention was not called to this fact by the agent, and he did not find it out until sometime ■afterward. After buying the ticket the plaintiff…
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