Supreme Court of Georgia, 1897

Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co. v. Chaney

Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided August 5, 1897 · Little

101 Ga. 420; 28 S.E. 1001; 1897 Ga. LEXIS 244

Cases that cite this one

4 later published cases cite this decision.

Lamb v. Hall (Ga. 1916)
Charleston & Western Carolina Railway Co. v. Robinson (Ga. Ct. App. 1912)
Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Curry (Ga. Ct. App. 1911)
Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co. v. Chaney (Ga. 1898)

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Opinion of the Court

Little, J.

The facts appear in the preceding official report. The headnotes give a statement of the rulings made in the case. We do not deem it necessary to elaborate them. They are fully supported by the following cases: Railroad Co. v. Luckie, 87 Ga. 6; Jenkins v. Railroad Co., 89 Ga. 756; Holland v. Sparks, 92 Ga. 753.

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concurring, except Atkinson, J., dissenting.

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