Central Railroad v. Whitehead
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroads. Damages. Negligence. Service. Waiver. Amendment. Allegata and Probata. Non-suit. Leases. Charge of Court. Newly Discovered Evidence. Before Judge Roney. Richmond Superior Court. April Term, 1884. This case is sufficiently reported in the opinions of Hall, Justice, and Jackson, Chief Justice.
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
The injury for which this suit was brought against the Central Railroad occurred in Richmond county, at a station on the Augusta and Savannah Railroad, called McBean; the writ in its original form was served on the agent of the Central Railroad at that station. The plaintiff amended her declaration by alleging that the latter road was held and operated under lease by the former. Before this *444amendment was made, the defendant pleaded to the merits of the suit. It filed no special plea denying its liability to suit for wrongs occurring by the running of the trains .on the other…
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