Thomas v. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co.
Thomas v. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co.
Opinion of the Court
1. There are two grounds of error assigned to the judgment of the Court below in this record. First, in refusing to dismiss the appeal; second, in dismissing the plaintiff’s action for want of jurisdiction. In our judgment, there was no error in refusing to dismiss the appeal, upon the statement, of facts presented. When a motion is made to dismiss an appeal at the first term after an appeal has been entered, on the ground of the insufficiency of the security, a rule should be applied for, requiring the party to give other security, or to shew cai^e why the appeal should not be dismissed, of which the party should have reasonable notice, as it is his privilege to give other and better security, if he shall be required to do so. 2. In our judgment, the Court below erred in dismissing the plaintiff’s-action for want of jurisdiction in Dekalb county, in which the suit was pending. By the' 3320th section of the Code, it is declared that “ All railroad companies shall be liable to be sued in any county in which the cause of action originated, by any one whose person or property has been injured by such railroad company, their officers, agents, or employees, in or by the running of the cars, or engines, for the purpose of recovering damages for such injury.” The plaintiff alleges that he ivas injured in his person, by the defendant, upon his road, in the county of
Reference
- Full Case Name
- George M. Thomas, in error v. The Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, in error
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- Status
- Published