Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Burroughs
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Savannah—Judge Freeman. October 3, 1916. From the petition it appears, that Thirty-third street and Thirty-fourth street in the city of Savannah are crossed at right angles by the right of way of -the defendant railroad company, on which are three parallel lines of tracks, with paths and private ways on and between them along the right of way, which for more than twenty years have been„used by pedestrians; that this part of the city is…
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Action for damages; from city court of Savannah—Judge Freeman. October 3, 1916. From the petition it appears, that Thirty-third street and Thirty-fourth street in the city of Savannah are crossed at right angles by the right of way of -the defendant railroad company, on which are three parallel lines of tracks, with paths and private ways on and between them along the right of way, which for more than twenty years have been„used by pedestrians; that this part of the city is thickly settled, and a-great number of people use the paths on the right of way and the path crossing at Thirty-fourth…
1Opinion of the CourtWade, C. J.
1. The error assigned in the bill of exceptions, upon the overruling of the special demurrer raising the objection “that certain and. particular officers, agents, and. employees of the defendant company who it is alleged had knowledge of the facts set forth in the petition are not named or otherwise described, so as to inform this defendant who said officers, agents, and employees were,” does not definitely ap-pear to be insisted upon in the brief of counsel for the plaintiff in er*198ror. The. point has, however, been precisely .ruled by the Supreme Court. “If a declaration alleges with…
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