Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Davis & Brandon
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages, from city court of Brunswick — Judge Erauss. May 29, 1908.
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
The plaintiffs sued the railway company for negligently setting fire to and burning the crude turpentine and resin, in certain turpentine boxes which they owned on the trees on a definitely designated tract of land, adjacent to the defendant’s right of ’way, near Bladen, Georgia. The allegations of negligence, in the original petition, are as follows: “That said fire as set out in the previous paragraph was occasioned by the negligent, careless, insufficient, deficient, and unskilful construction of the smokestacks of said defendant’s locomotives; by the negligent, careless, unskilful and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Green v. Babcock Bros. Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1908
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