Legal Opinion

Dorsey v. Columbus Railroad

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 27, 1905PublishedCited by 6 opinions

. Action for damages. Before Judge Willis. City court of Columbus. April 4, 1904.

1Opinion of the CourtCandler, J.

This case has once before been to this court, on exceptions to the overruling of a demurrer to the plaintiff’s original petition; and the judgment of the lower court was reversed, on the ground that the petition showed that the plaintiff’s decedent could, by the exercise of ordinary diligence, have avoided the consequences of the defendant’s negligence which it- was alleged caused his death. See Columbus R. Co. v. Dorsey, 119 Ga. *698363, for a full statement of the allegations of the original petition. When the case was again called in the court below, and before the remittitur from this…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Columbus Railroad v. DorseySupreme Court of Georgia · 1904

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Columbus Power Co. v. PuckettCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1919
  2. Zachery v. Mayor of MadisonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916
  3. Georgia Power Co. v. PuckettCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935
  4. City of Dawson v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916
  5. City of Quitman v. ElderCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1937

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