Guess v. Stone Mountain Granite, Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Municipal Corporations. Corporations. Practice in Superior Court. Damages. Railroads. Streets and Sidewalks. Before Judge Hillyer. DeKalb Superior Court.
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Municipal Corporations. Corporations. Practice in Superior Court. Damages. Railroads. Streets and Sidewalks. Before Judge Hillyer. DeKalb Superior Court. March Term, 1882. Guess, Swift, Johnson, "Winningham, and Neshit and Smith, trustees, brought suits to the> March term, 1881, of DeKalb superior court, against the Stone Mountain Granite and Railway Company, to recover damages for injuries to their property, alleged to be occasioned by the occupying and obstructing by the defendant of a public street in the town of Stone Mountain, known as Church street. On September 1, 1881, the company…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
1. This case affords no reason for a deviation from what should be considered as settled practice as to the right to open and conclude the argument, where a bill has been brought to enjoin several common law actions, and where they, in consequence, are tried with the bill. Where both parties introduce testimony, the complainant in the bill has the right to open and conclude the 'argument, as was held by this court in Iverson vs. Saulsbury, 65 Ga., 724, 727.
*3282. There was no error in holding that the danger of possible collision of animals and persons with the trains running on the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- City of Atlanta v. GreenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1881
- Moore v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
- Iverson v. SaulsburySupreme Court of Georgia · 1880
- Guess v. Stone Mountain Granite & Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1881
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