Brunswick & Birmingham Railroad v. Hoodenpyle
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Parker. Glynn superior court. August 14, 1906.
1Opinion of the CourtFish, C. J.
1. A railway company is not legally responsible for producing noises wliicli are unusual, or greater than is customary in the running of its locomotives and cars, unless such noises are unnecessary. Morgan v. Central Railroad, 73 Ga. 788; Georgia Railway & Electric Co. v. Joiner, 120 Ga. 905, and cit., 48 S. E. 336. Where, however, a petition alleged, in substance, that those in charge of a locomotive being operated on the road of the defendant company caused great and unusual volumes of steam to be suddenly emitted from the locomotive, which made a loud and unusual noise, and enveloped…
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