Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Watkins
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Atlanta — Judge Beid. September 27, 1913.
1Opinion of the CourtPottle, J.
Mrs. Watkins sued the Western & Atlantic Bailroad Company for damages for the homicide of her son, 19 years of age. The company demurred to the petition; the demurrer was overruled, and the plaintiff recovered a verdict for $7,500. The defendant’s motion for a new trial was overruled, and it excepted.'
1. Only one ground of the demurrer is argued in the brief of counsel for the plaintiff in error. This ground challenges the sufficiency of the allegation that the defendant was negligent by reason of the fact that “the engineer, fireman, conductor, and three switchmen, all negligently failed to…
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