Beckham v. Seaboard Air-Line Railway
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Martin. Wilcox superior court. September 23, 1905. L. M. Beckham sued the Seaboard Air-Line Railway for $6,442, upon substantially the following allegations: That he was, on April 9, 1901, the owner of the Eureka Hotel, a two-story frame building of Abbeville, Georgia, situated near the line of defendant’s track; that on the opposite side of the right of way from the hotel defendant had erected an iron house, for the purpose of storing oil…
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Action for damages. Before Judge Martin. Wilcox superior court. September 23, 1905. L. M. Beckham sued the Seaboard Air-Line Railway for $6,442, upon substantially the following allegations: That he was, on April 9, 1901, the owner of the Eureka Hotel, a two-story frame building of Abbeville, Georgia, situated near the line of defendant’s track; that on the opposite side of the right of way from the hotel defendant had erected an iron house, for the purpose of storing oil and waste, which house was a safe and desirable place for this purpose, “but that for the sake of convenience said oil and…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
(After stating the facts.) The acts of negligence charged against the defendant are susceptible of two general classifications. The first consisted in storing and keeping inflammable material in a small wooden house within fifty feet of the plaintiff’s property, which was destroyed by fire; in the use of this house so as to allow the floor to become saturated with oil and made highly inflammable, and in permitting the door to be left open and suffering tramps and others to occupy and sleep in the house, and to keep lights burning therein. The second act of alleged negligence •consisted in the…
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