Berry v. Seaboard Air-Line Railway
Berry v. Seaboard Air-Line Railway
Opinion of the Court
1. The plaintiff was a passenger on a train of the defendant company and was negligently carried beyond the station to which he was entitled to be transported under the terms of the ticket surrendered by him to the conductor of the defendant company. There was evidence that when the train stopped at a distance of a half mile or more beyond the station, the conductor offered, in the presence and hearing of the plaintiff, to back the train to the station and to discharge him at
2. There is no such substantial merit in any of the special grounds of the motion for a new trial as will necessitate the setting aside of the verdict of the jury. There was evidence to support the verdict, and the trial judge did not err in - overruling the motion for a new trial.
Judgment affirmed.
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