Printup v. Patton & Jackson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Before Judge Milner. Gordon superior court. February term, 1892. This was an action by Patton & Jackson against H. S. Printup, J. C. Printup and R. S. Talley, for damages from tbe drowning of a horse by alleged negligent management of a ferry-boat on the Oostanaula river. Pending the suit H. S. Printup became insane, and his name was stricken and the case proceeded against the ■other two defendants.
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Before Judge Milner. Gordon superior court. February term, 1892. This was an action by Patton & Jackson against H. S. Printup, J. C. Printup and R. S. Talley, for damages from tbe drowning of a horse by alleged negligent management of a ferry-boat on the Oostanaula river. Pending the suit H. S. Printup became insane, and his name was stricken and the case proceeded against the ■other two defendants. There was a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs for $175, and the defendants’ motion for a new trial was overruled. The declaration alleges, that the defendants were proprietors running and using…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
1-2. As to the competency and effect of admissions made by J. O. Printup in his answer filed in another case, the head-notes speak all that need be said.
3. The alleged tort was not committed by J. C. Printup, but by his- codefendant, Talley, who was the ferryman. It was sought to hold Printup liable, if not as employer of the ferryman, as owner or part owner of the land. Whether he was such owner or not was a controverted fact. How a receipt signed by his father, in which he, the father, acknowledged payment of a sum of money on a judgment in his favor, would…
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