Strong v. Georgia Railway & Electric Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Lumpkin. Fulton superior court. December 19, 1903. The action was for the negligent killing of the plaintiff’s dog by a car of the defendant. A general demurrer to the petition was sustained, and the plaintiff excepted.
1ConcurrenceCobb, J.
I concur in the judgment and in the rulings made, to the effect that the present base is controlled by the case cited in the headnote, and that this case should not now be overruled. The silence of the General Assembly for eighteen years is indicative of the legislative policy on the subject of the status of the dog in this State, so far as the liability of railroad companies is concerned. The question as to how far the dog shall be treated as property has been the subject of numerous decisions in the different courts of this country. See the very elaborate monograph note, in 40 L. R. A. 503,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Mullaly v. . People of the State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1881
- Jemison v. Southwestern RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1885
- Graham v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
- Patton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
- Wilcox v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
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