Georgia Railroad v. Mayo

Simmons, Justice.

It was not denied that under sections 706 and 707 of the code, it was the duty of the railroad company to keep and maintain in a safe condition the bridge forming a part of the public highway which crossed over its track at the place where the injury occurred. The bridge in question was over a deep cut, and at the time of the accident the railing did not extend beyond the edge of the cut, and no safeguards whatever were provided by the company along the approaches to the bridge to prevent vehicles or animals traveling along the public road from falling into the cut. The…