Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Nanny

1. A landlord can not recover in a suit for damages against a railroad company for failure to keep in good repair a Stock-guard, where the sole damage alleged is to the crop of a tenant.

2. The right of action given by the Civil Code, §§ 2699 et seq., is a statutory right, and applies only to the owner of the land, and not to a tenant. Florida etc. R. Co. v. Judge, 100 Ga. 600 (28 S. E. 379); Hardin v. Chattanooga Southern R. Co., 113 Ga. 357 (38 S. E. 839); Alabama Great Southern R. Co. v. Fowler, 104 Ga. 148 (30 S. E. 243); Southern R. Co. v. Harrell, 104 Ga. 602 (30 S. E. 821).

3. Under the…