Georgia Railroad v. Olds
Supreme Court of Georgia
Practice in Supreme Court. Railroads. Damages. Negligence. Contracts. Before Judge Richard H. Class. Dekalb Superior Court. March Term, 1886. Olds brought suit against the Georgia Railroad to recover damages for illegally ejecting him from a train. A verdict in his favor for $1,000 was recovered. The defendant moved for a new trial, on the following among other grounds: (1.) Because the verdict was contrary to .law and evidence, and was excessive.
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Practice in Supreme Court. Railroads. Damages. Negligence. Contracts. Before Judge Richard H. Class. Dekalb Superior Court. March Term, 1886. Olds brought suit against the Georgia Railroad to recover damages for illegally ejecting him from a train. A verdict in his favor for $1,000 was recovered. The defendant moved for a new trial, on the following among other grounds: (1.) Because the verdict was contrary to .law and evidence, and was excessive. (1.) Because the court erred in charging the jury as follows: “If you believe from the evidence that the ticket that this plaintiff applied for and…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
This was an action to recover damages from the defendant, the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, for unlawfully and wrongfully expelling plaintiff from its cars, on which he was riding as a passenger, and for abusing and maltreating him through its agents and servants in effecting his expulsion. The jury, on the trial, found a verdict awarding him one thousand dollars damages. The defendant made a motion to set the verdict aside, and sought to obtain a new trial upon the several grounds taken in its said motion, which was refused by the court; it excepted to the judgment…
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