Atlanta Terminal Co. v. Johnson
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Atlanta—Judge H. M. Reid. November 22, 1913. William Johnson sued the Southern Railway Company and the Atlanta Terminal Company jointly, alleging that the former was a railway corporation and the latter a corporation organized under the general railroad law for the purpose of constructing railroad tracks, depots, and other terminal facilities, and that the defendants had damaged him in the sum of $30,000, by reason of the facts…
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Action for damages; from city court of Atlanta—Judge H. M. Reid. November 22, 1913. William Johnson sued the Southern Railway Company and the Atlanta Terminal Company jointly, alleging that the former was a railway corporation and the latter a corporation organized under the general railroad law for the purpose of constructing railroad tracks, depots, and other terminal facilities, and that the defendants had damaged him in the sum of $30,000, by reason of the facts .hereafter recited; that on May 30, 1913, he came to the Atlanta Terminal Station, in Atlanta, Georgia, for the purpose of…
1Opinion of the CourtWade, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) In the brief of counsel for the Southern Eailway Company there is no reference to the question raised by its demurrer, as to whether there was a misjoinder of parties; and since points not insisted upon in briefs of counsel are to be treated as abandoned, that question need not bo dealt with by us. The only question remaining is that raised by the two general demurrers, and all we are to determine, therefore, is whether or not the plaintiff’s allegations would warrant a recovery of such damages as he might show.
It is well settled in Georgia that a railroad…
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