Legal Opinion

Kimbro & Morgan v. Virginia & Tennessee Air-Line Railway Co.

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 15, 1876PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Judgments. Demurrer. Practice in the Superior Court. Pleadings. Amendment. Statute of limitations. Before Judge Buchanan. Troup Superior Court. November Term, 1875. Reported in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Jackson, Judge.

At the November term, 1867, of the superior court for the county of Troup, the plaintiffs sued the defendant, as a common-carrier, for the violation of a contract to deliver a large stock of goods at LaGrange, Georgia, from Philadelphia, where they were bought. The suit was begun by attachment, and a declaration in assumpsit was filed thereon under our statute. At the November term, 1869, the case came on for trial. It appears that some evidence was introduced by the plaintiffs, but the case went off on demurrer to the declaration, as appears from the following order passed by…

2Cited by23 opinions

  1. O'Hara v. ParkerOregon Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Smith v. Floyd CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
  3. Clark v. NewsomeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1935
  4. O'Shields v. Georgia Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1889
  5. McElmurray v. BlodgettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904

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