Williamson v. Southern Railway Co.

While it is a well-recognized rule in this State that “a railroad company is not required to fence in or place guards along its road where there may be cuts or embankments, notwithstanding a public road may run parallel to such railroad” (King v. Central of Ga. Ry. Co., 107 Ga. 754, 758, 33 S. E. 839; Autry v. Southern Ry. Co., 32 Ga. App. 8, 123 S. E. 752), and while it has been recently held by this court that “the owner of land traversed by a public highway is under no duty to a traveler along the highway to maintain in a safe condition for travel the abutting premises at a point such a…