Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Morse
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action, for damages. Before Judge Walker. Wilkes superior court. January 29, 1914.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
1. Where personal property belonging”to a partnership composed of two persons was destroyed by fire through the negligence of a railroad company, which consisted in a failure to properly equip its engines with suitable spark-arresters and other essential equipment of locomotive steam-engines, and subsequently to the commission of the tort resulting in the destruction of the property one of the partners died, the surviving partner could by suit enforce the liability of the railroad company for the tort as a surviving partner, without joining in the action the personal representative of the…
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