Macon & Western Railroad v. McConnell
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for Damages, in Clayton Superior Court. Tided before Judge Burl. This was an action, brought by William N. McConnell, ¿gainst the Macon & Western Railroad Company, tO' recover damages for certain buildings and other property of the plaintiff, which, he alleged, was destroyed by fire, through carelessness and negligence of the said company, and its agents and employees.
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Action for Damages, in Clayton Superior Court. Tided before Judge Burl. This was an action, brought by William N. McConnell, ¿gainst the Macon & Western Railroad Company, tO' recover damages for certain buildings and other property of the plaintiff, which, he alleged, was destroyed by fire, through carelessness and negligence of the said company, and its agents and employees. The evidence in this case disclosed the following state of facts, to wit: The Macon & Western Railroad Company had a wood and water station in the town of Jonesboro, and had hauled up a large quantity of dry pine-wood,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lyon, J.,
delivering the opinion. '
The Court charged the jury: “That the Macon & Western Railroad Company is a chartered company, having the right to use all the rights and privileges, conferred on it by its charter, as fully, and to the same extent, as an individual has to enjoy his legal rights. That, amongst these, is the right to use their cars and engines, to have their wood and water stations at convenient places, and all the appliances necessary to a complete enjoyment of all their chartered *138privileges. That they have the right to- provide and keep, at their several…
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