Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Bernstein

An action was brought by Mrs. Bernstein against the Central of Georgia Railway Company. The petition alleged, that the defendant’s agents and employees, while engaged in constructing a warehouse for the defendant in the city of Athens, Georgia, did certain blasting to prepare a site therefor; that this blasting was carried on for several days; that the blasting was done negligently, excessively, large charges of dynamite being used without taking sufficient precautions to prevent injury to persons and property in the neighborhood; that plaintiff had a livery-stable some seventy-five or one…