Hughes v. Georgia Power Co.

The petition sets forth that the Georgia Power Company, as a common carrier of passengers for hire, operates street cars in the City of Atlanta. W. H. -Hughes Jr., a high school boy, boarded a street car on April 5, 1940, and paid his fare. On the way to school he began smoking within the car. Upon reaching the vicinity of Fulton High School the motorman in charge of the car arrested Hughes and ejected him, and turned him over to two peace officers. One of these officers was a policeman of the City of Atlanta and the other was a deputy sheriff of Fulton County. Both were detailed specially to…