Wadley Southern Railway Co. v. Kent & Downs
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before W. W. Larsen, judge pro hae vice. Johnson superior court. May 13, 1915.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
Kent & Downs brought suit against the Wadley Southern Bailway Company, to recover damages for an alleged failure of its duty as a common carrier by railroad to furnish cars for the shipment, of certain lumber. They recovered a verdict’. The defendant moved for a new trial. The motion was overruled, and the defendant excepted.
1, 2. This suit was not predicated on any violation of a rule of the railroad commission, but upon the general duty of a railroad company as a common carrier to furnish cars. It is declared by the Civil Code (1910), § 2729: “A common carrier, holding himself out to the…
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