Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. Strickland
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroad. Passenger. Ticket-office. Charge of court. Damages. Before Judge Richard H. Clark. Clayton superior court. Strickland sued the railroad company for damages because of his ejection from one of its trains, he being thereon for the purpose of going from Jonesboro to Forest. He obtained a verdict for $1,500. Defendant’s motion for new trial was overruled, and it excepted.
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Railroad. Passenger. Ticket-office. Charge of court. Damages. Before Judge Richard H. Clark. Clayton superior court. Strickland sued the railroad company for damages because of his ejection from one of its trains, he being thereon for the purpose of going from Jonesboro to Forest. He obtained a verdict for $1,500. Defendant’s motion for new trial was overruled, and it excepted. The motion contains the grounds that the verdict was contrary to law and evidence, and that it was grossly excessive and evidently the result of prejudice and bias. The special grounds are as follows : (4) Refusal to…
1Opinion of the Court
Lumpkin, Justice.
1. The motion for a new trial assigns error upon various refusals of the court to charge the jury, as set forth in the 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th and 11th grounds thereof, and also upon charges made .by the. court, • as stated in the 12th and 13th grounds, all of which will appear in the reporter’s statement. Without discussing these numerous grounds seriatim, we have endeavored, in the first head-note, to formulate and condense what we understand to be the law applicable. In the transaction of business between a railroad company and the public, there should be an exercise of good…
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