Georgia Court of Appeals, 1929

Morrison v. Columbus Transportation Co.

Morrison v. Columbus Transportation Co.
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided May 15, 1929 · Bell
39 Ga. App. 708; 148 S.E. 276; 1929 Ga. App. LEXIS 532

Morrison v. Columbus Transportation Co.

Opinion of the Court

Bell, J.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) Under the allegations of the petition, it could not be inferred that the negligence of the defendant was the proximate cause of the plaintiff’s injury, and it was therefore proper to sustain the demurrer and dismiss the petition. Perry v. Central Railroad, 66 Ga. 746 (4, 5); Andrews v. Kinsel, 114 Ga. 390 (2) (40 S. E. 300, 88 Am. St. R. 25); Southern Ry. Co. v. Webb, 116 Ga. 152 (42 S. E. 395, 59 L. R. A. 109); Postal Telegraph Co. v. Kelly, 134 Ga. 218 (67 S. E. 803); Beckham v. Seaboard Air-Line Ry., 127 Ga. 550 (2) (56 S. E. 638, 12 L. R. A. (N. S.) 476); Shaw v. Macon, 6 Ga. App. 306 (64 S. E. 1102); Harper v. Fulton Bag & Cotton Mills, 21 Ga. App. 322 (94 S. E. 286); Higginbotham v. Rome Ry. & Light Co., 23 Ga. App. 753 (99 S. E. 638); General Fire Extinguisher Co. v. Daniel, 25 Ga. App. 282 (103 S. E. 257); Means v. Barnesville, 28 Ga. App. 671 (3) (112 S. E. 739).

The case as laid does not fall within the principle of the decisions relied on by the plaintiff in error, including Spires v. Goldberg, 26 Ga. App. 530 (106 S. E. 585); McAfee v. Martin, 34 Ga. App. 247 (129 S. E. 168); Letton v. Kitchen, 37 Ga. App. 111 (139 S. E. 155), affirmed in 166 Ga. 121 (142 S. E. 658).

Judgment affirmed.

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

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