Pollard v. Walton
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the CourtMacIntyre, J.
Mrs. Sallie C. Walton and nine other named persons, as owners of certain realty on which there was an eight-room one-story frame dwelling and certain outhouses, brought suit for damages against H. B. Pollard, as receiver of the Central of Georgia Eailway Company, alleging that by reason of the negligence of the servants of the railroad in burning the right of way along the railroad-tracks that lie in front of the property of plaintiffs, said house caught fire and was destroyed. No demurrer was filed. The defendant answered, denying that said house caught fire as a result of the negligence of…
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