Chisholm v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Savannah — Judge Davis Freeman. August 25, 1913. James Chisholm, by his next friend, Zack Chisholm, sued the Atlantic Coast Line Eailroad Company for damages on account of personal injuries. In the first count of the petition it is alleged: The defendant is a corporation having offices and agents, and a place of doing business, in Chatham county, Georgia,, and operates a line of railroad between Hardeeville, South Carolina, and.
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Action for damages; from city court of Savannah — Judge Davis Freeman. August 25, 1913. James Chisholm, by his next friend, Zack Chisholm, sued the Atlantic Coast Line Eailroad Company for damages on account of personal injuries. In the first count of the petition it is alleged: The defendant is a corporation having offices and agents, and a place of doing business, in Chatham county, Georgia,, and operates a line of railroad between Hardeeville, South Carolina, and. Charleston, South Carolina, by way of Green Pond, South Carolina, and a branch line of railroad between Green Pond and points…
1Opinion of the CourtRoan, J.
The disallowance by the court of an amendment to the petition, offered after the action had been dismissed on general demurrer, was not. erroneous; for at the time the amendment was offered there was no petition in court to be amended. The case of Sullivan v. Rome R. Co., 28 Ga. 29, cited by the plaintiff to sustain his right to amend, has no application to this case, as that was a case in which the court below first nonsuited the plaintiff, and the Supreme Court reversed this judgment and sent the case back to the court below, and the judgment of revérsal had to be carried out 'by the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hill v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Kennedy v. GeldersCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
- Southern Railway Co. v. NicholsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
- Sullivan, Cabot & Co. v. Rome R. R.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1859
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. EdmondsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
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