Cordray v. Savannah Electric Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages, from city court of Savannah — Judge Freeman. March 9, 1908. The following are the material portions of the petition: “2d. That the Savannah Electric Company owns, operates, maintains, and controls a system of street electric railway, running in and through the streets of the city of Savannah, and, in particular, on Whitaker street from Fortieth street northward to Bay street.
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Action for damages, from city court of Savannah — Judge Freeman. March 9, 1908. The following are the material portions of the petition: “2d. That the Savannah Electric Company owns, operates, maintains, and controls a system of street electric railway, running in and through the streets of the city of Savannah, and, in particular, on Whitaker street from Fortieth street northward to Bay street. A line of said defendant’s track also runs eastwardly and westwardly along the center of Broughton street, and the two lines of track intersect at Whitaker and Broughton streets, at the intersection…
1Opinion of the CourtRussell, J.
(After stating the facts.)
It is not necessary to review the judgment of the lower court upon the special demurrer. While it is true that when a special demurrer calls for information to which the defendant is entitled, and the court has considered the special demurrer first and has directed an amendment, and the information is not furnished by the necessary amendment, the presumption may be indulged that if the amendment were made according to the true facts, it would be shown that the plaintiff had no cause of action. In the present case, however, the judge passed upon the special and the…
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