Nashville, Chattanooga & Saint Louis Railway Co. v. Priest

The question presented for decision in this case is whether or not the trial court erred in overruling a demurrer to the plaintiff’s petition. The suit was instituted in her name by W. D. Priest as her next friend, and was predicated upon the following allegations of fact: The defendant railway company has a passenger and freight depot in the city of Eome, Ga., which “ is surrounded by platforms, yards, and railroad tracks, upon which tracks cars and engines are run and operated, and in, upon, and across which passengers and the public generally are accustomed and allowed to pass.” On the…