Legal Opinion

Brunswick & Western Railroad v. Hardey & Co.

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 25, 1901PublishedCited by 21 opinions

Action for damages. Before Judge Williams. City court of Waycross. June 21, 1900.

1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.

J. W. S. Hardey & Company brought suit for $1,500 damages, in the city court of Waycross, against the Brunswick & Western Railroad Company. The petition alleged, in substance, that, until December 26, 1899, there had been for more than fifteen years a public-road crossing across the line of the defendant company in that part of the city of Waycross known as Hazzard’s hill, at the intersection of Wilkinson street and the Brunswick & Western Railroad’s right of way; that this crossing connected Wilkinson street with the public road which runs along the railroad and which leads from Waycross to…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Pause v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1896
  2. Bass v. WestSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
  3. Harvey v. Ga. So. & Fla. RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892

3Cited by21 opinions

  1. G., H. S.A. Ry. Co. v. DegroffTexas Supreme Court · 1909
  2. American Const. Co. v. CaswellCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1911
  3. Barham v. GrantSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
  4. Molly Pitcher Canning Co. v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
  5. Hayes v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907

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