Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Barton
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Savannah — Judge Davis Freeman. August 22, 1913.
1Opinion of the CourtPottle, J.
The suit was for personal injuries received as a result of being struck by a locomotive engine upon one of the defendant’s tracks. The court overruled a general demurrer to the petition, and this judgment is assigned as error. The allegations of the petition are substantially as follows: The plaintiff boarded a train of the defendant at Yemassee in the State of South Carolina, for the purpose of being transported as a passenger to Savannah, Georgia. He had previously procured a ticket and had secured a seat in the smoking compartment of a passenger-coach. Before taking passage on the train he…
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