Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v. Brandenburg
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Bawlings. Bnllocb superior court. February 15, 1906. Mrs. Kemp brought suit for damages resulting from tbe homicide of ber husband.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Bawlings. Bnllocb superior court. February 15, 1906. Mrs. Kemp brought suit for damages resulting from tbe homicide of ber husband. The petition alleged, that the defendant, by the operation of its locomotive and cars in a careless, negligent, and improper manner, ran over and killed her husband, in the county of Bulloch, at a point - between Parish and Metter stations, that the killing was done by a passenger-train going west, upon a straight track,' and occurred on the 12th day of February; and that the conduct of the agents and employees of the railroad on…
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, P. J.
(After stating the facts.) The special demurrer to the petition, as amended, raises numerous questions. We all ■agree that some of the grounds of the special demurrer were not well taken. We are not agreed as to the proper decision of other *118questions raised by tbe demurrer. Those matters upon which we are agreed and which require special notice will be first dealt with. The special demurrer raises objection that the mere allegation that the deceased was free from fault is too general, and that the facts which show such freedom from fault should have been set out. In Allen v. Augusta Factory,…
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