City of Rome v. Southern Railway Co.

The Supreme Court, in the case of Southern Ry. Co. v. City of Rome, 179 Ga. 449 (176 S. E. 7), having held on certiorari that “under the provisions of sections 4588 and 5971 of the Civil Code (1910), the right of contribution extends equally to actions ex contractu and actions ex delicto, 'where all are equally bound to bear the common burden, and one has paid more than his share/” and that “the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the judgment of the superior court overruling the demurrer based upon the ground that the plaintiff, being a joint tort-feasor, was not entitled to contribution to…