Harp v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Roan. Clayton superior court. April 18, 1903. Harp, a minor of sixteen, sued the Southern Railway Company for a wrongful ejectment.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Roan. Clayton superior court. April 18, 1903. Harp, a minor of sixteen, sued the Southern Railway Company for a wrongful ejectment. He alleges that he bought a ticket entitling him to ride from Atlanta to Topeka Junction, in Upson county, on the line of defendant’s road, passing through Clayton; that while on the rear platform of the train an employee of the company asked him how far he was going, whereupon the plaintiff showed him the ticket; that the employee looked at it and handed it. back to the plaintiff, when the ticket was blown out of plaintiff’s…
1Opinion of the CourtLamar, J.
This suit was for wrongful expulsion, and not for damages inflicted upon the plaintiff as a result of his being compelled to alight from a moving train. The fact that one actually-purchased a ticket, and that this was known to the agent who sold it, or to the gatekeeper who examined it, or to employees on the train who saw it, would not relieve the passenger of the obligation to surrender it to the conductor. Tickets vary in their terms. Some are good only on certain trains; others only on particular dates ; others require validation. The mere fact that the plaintiff has a ticket does not,…
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