Exposition Cotton Mills v. Western & Atlantic Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
Pleadings. Amendment. Practice. Nonsuit. Railroads. Before Judge Van Epps. City court of Atlanta. March, term, 1889. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
The plaintiff brought its action against the defendant, in which it alleged that it had sustained certain damages to machineiy, by reason of the carelessness and negligence of the agents and servants of the defendant. When this case was here before at the October term, 1888, it was then held (81 Ga. 522) that the evidence offered by the defendant to the effect that the damage done to the plaintiff’s property occurred upon a connecting line of railroad before the same had been received by the defendant, was admissible as a defence to the action, there being no allegation in…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Parmelee v. Savannah, Florida & Western RailwaySupreme Court of Georgia · 1887
- Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Exposition Cotton MillsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888
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