Western & Atlantic Railroad v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Municipal Corporations. Railroads. Damages. Streets. Roads and Bridges. Evidence. Judgments. Charge of Court. Before Judge Hammond. Fulton. Superior Court. March Term, 13S4. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Stewart, Judge.
On the 27th day of December, 1882, the city of Atlanta brought suit against the Western and Atlantic Railroad *776Company, in which suit it was alleged that Foundry street, of said city, crosses the track of the Western and Atlantic Railroad Company, and that said railroad company, on the 20th day of February, 1881, negligently and wrongfully allowed a pair of steps joining a part of Foundry street, where said street crosses the right-of-way of said railroad company, to be out of repair and in a defective and dangerous condition; that Ransom Montgomery, whilst passing along said…
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