Legal Opinion · Dissent

Augusta Brokerage Co. v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 11, 1908No. 1262Published

Action for damages, from city court of Richmond county— Judge Eve. June 19, 1908.

1DissentRussell, J.

Personally I am glad that the judgment of the majority of the court affords a means by which the plaintiffs in error can sustain a verdict against the defendant. Judicially I can not concur in that judgment. I expressed our personal view in the opinion when the same case was heretofore before this court (Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Augusta Brokerage Co., 2 Ga. App. 511, 58 S. E. 904); but, after a very mature consideration of the evidence then, we could not see how to- escape, tire effect of the decision of the Supreme Court (122 Ga. 646).. We were bound to declare the law, not…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Pearsall v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Augusta Brokerage Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  3. Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Augusta Brokerage Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1907

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