Legal Opinion

Savannah & Northwestern Railway v. McCoy

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 23, 1917No. 7888Published

Action for damages; from city court of Savannah—Judge Davis Freeman. August 16, 1916.

1Opinion of the CourtWade, C. J.

1. When this case was formerly before this court on exception to the overruling of the general demurrer to the plaintiff’s petition (Savannah & Northwestern Railway v. McCoy, 17 Ga. App. 82, 86 S. E. 282), it was held: “ Conceding that the plaintiff had knowledge of the partial obstruction existing on or near the track, it appears, from the allegations in the petition, that the injury would not have resulted but for the intervening negligence of his coemployee, and it can not be judicially determined on the facts as alleged that the failure on the part of the *545plaintiff to anticipate and guard…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Savannah & Northwestern Railway v. McCoyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1915

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