Pennington & Evans v. Douglas, Augusta & Gulf Railway Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages, from city court of Nashville — Judge Peeples. February 2, 1907.
1Opinion of the CourtBussell, J.
Pennington & Evans brought an action for damages against the Douglas, Augusta & Gulf Bailwav Company for $23,304, which was dismissed upon demurrer, and the order of the judge of the city court, sustaining the defendant’s demurrer, is the error assigned. The demurrer was predicated upon several grounds, and was sustained generally. It appears that the plaintiffs in error, as plaintiffs in the court below, insisted that their suit was one for damages, that it was not drawn to recover a penalty,, and that they disclaimed any right to recover for any penalty whatever; and the same insistence was…
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