Central of Georgia Railway Company v. Burton

LAWSON, Justice.

This suit was , instituted by McElroy Burton, as the administrator of the estate of his mother, Janie Burton, deceased, under the wrongful death or homicide statute, § 123, Title 7, Code 1940, against Central of Georgia Railway Company and Edwin L. Cutcliffe.

The amended complaint upon which the case was submitted to the jury contained two counts. The first count charged negligence, the second was based on wantonness. The defendants pleaded the general issue in short by consent in the usual form.

There was verdict for the defendants. Judgment followed the verdict. The plaintiff…