Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Griffin. City court of Valdosta. July 15, 1905. Taylor sued the railroad company for damages.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Griffin. City court of Valdosta. July 15, 1905. Taylor sued the railroad company for damages. The allegations in his petition were, in substance, that on October 6, 1902, he was at the town of Naylor, and started from the north side of the main track of the defendant, where certain camp cars were located, in an oblique direction southeast, for the purpose of reaching a freight-train upon the west side, which at that time was slowly pulling into the-south siding at that point. Before stepping over the main line of the track he looked east, the direction from…
1Opinion of the Court
Cobb, JP. J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) 1. As against a general demurrer the petition set forth a cause of action. Bullard v. Southern Ry. Co., 116 Ga. 644, and cit.; Ga. R. Co. v. Cromer, 106 Ga. 297; Southern Ry. Co. v. Chatman, 124 Ga. 1026.
2. The question raised by the special demurrer, that the petition was not divided into orderly and distinct paragraphs, was addressed to the discretion of the trial judge. Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern Ry. Co. v. Smith, 119 Ga. 667. As was true in the case just cited, some of the paragraphs in the present case might well have been subdivided.…
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- Bullard v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1902
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- Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. CromerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
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