Echols v. Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast Railroad

T. C. Echols brought an action against the Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast Railroad Company, to recover damages for personal injuries. Error is assigned on the judgment of the superior court sustaining a general demurrer and dismissing the action. Briefly, the facts alleged are: that the plaintiff was driving a covered truck, the top of which was nine feet and nine inches above the ground, on one of the public streets of the City of Atlanta, at a point over which the defendant railroad company maintains an overhead bridge; that this bridge has a clearance of nine feet and seven inches above the…