Georgia Court of Appeals, 1928

Leverett v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

Leverett v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided April 14, 1928 · Bell
38 Ga. App. 155; 142 S.E. 905; 1928 Ga. App. LEXIS 101

Leverett v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

Opinion of the Court

Bell, J.

The petition failed to set forth a cause of action, and the general demurrer was properly sustained, — not necessarily upon the ground that the petition failed to show negligence on the part of the railroad company, but because it affirmatively appeared that the decedent was guilty of such negligence as to bar a recovery for his death, where it was not caused by any wilful or wanton act on the part of the company. A. C. L. Ry. Co. v. Fulford, 33 Ga. App. 631 (127 S. E. 812); A. C. L. Ry. Co. v. Fulford, 159 Ga. 812 (127 S. E. 274); Lowe v. Payne, 156 Ga. 312 (118 S. E. 924); Central of Ga. R. Co. v. Tapley, 145 Ga. 792 (89 S. E. 84); Moore v. So. Ry. Co., 136 Ga. 872 (72 S. E. 403); So. Ry. Co. v. Davis, 132 Ga. 812 (65 S. E. 131); So. Ry. Co. v. Hogan, 131 Ga. 157 (62 S. E. 64); W. & A. R. Co. v. Ferguson, 113 Ga. 708 (39 S. E. 306, 54 L. E. A. 802); Peeples v. L. & N. R. Co., 37 Ga. App. 87 (139 S. E. 85); Reese v. So. Ry. Co., 35 Ga. App. 369 (1 a) (133 S. E. 284); Henson v. L. & N. R. Co., 34 Ga. App. 421 (129 S. E. 907); Bugg v. Knowles, 33 Ga. App. 710 (127 S. E. 814); Young v. So. Ga. Ry. Co., 34 Ga. App. 537 (130 S. E. 542); Moore v. Seaboard Ry. Co., 30 Ga. App. 466 (118 S. E. 471); Western Union Tel. Co. v. Spencer, 24 Ga. App. 471 (101 S. E. 198).

Judgment affirmed.

Jenkins, P. J., and Stephens. J., concur.

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