Supreme Court of Georgia, 1904

Georgia Railway & Electric Co. v. Baker

Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided August 12, 1904 · Simmoks

120 Ga. 991; 48 S.E. 355; 1904 Ga. LEXIS 769

Opinion of the Court

Simmoks,' C. J.

This case is controlled by Cole v. Railroad Co., 102 Ga. 474, Savannah, F. & W. Ry. Co. v. Quo, 103 Ga. 125, and Mabry v. Railway Co., 116 Ga. 624. See also 4 Elliott on Railroads, § 1638; 6 Cyc. 602 ; 5 A. & R. Enc. Law (2d ed) 550. Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur. Rosser & Brandon, Walter T. Colqioitt, and Ben. J. Conyers, for plaintiff in error,

cited Civil Code, §’§2270, 3837, 3912; 102 Ga. 474, 478; 110 Ga. 337; 116 Ga. 655; 88 Ga. 763; 111 Ga. 824; 17 N. Y. 54 (72 Am. D. 420); 17 N Y. 442; 5 Hurlst. & Norm. 534; 175 111. 401 (42 L. R. A. 199); 151 N. Y. 107 (56 Am. St. R. 604, 34 L. R. A. 781) ; 147 Pa. St. 40 (14 L. R. A. 666); 71 Me. 277 (36 Am. R. 306).

Burton Smith, George Gordon, and J. A. Branch, contra,

cited 102 Ga. 474.

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