Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Leonard

Only tbe first, second, and seventh headnotes need elaboration. Where a member of the general public sustains an injury by the negligent running of railway cars of a lessee railroad company at a public crossing, may he maintain an action against ■the lessee and the lessor company, where the lease is recorded, un*692der the act of 1889 (Civil Code, §§ 2598, 2599), requiring such leases to be recorded and prescribing certain penalties for failure to record? The plaintiff was alleged to have been injured at a public street-crossing in the City of Albany by the negligence of the Central of Georgia…