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Harris v. Georgia Railway & Power Co.

97 S.E. 553, 23 Ga. App. 108, 1918 Ga. App. LEXIS 69
CourtCourt of Appeals of Georgia
DecidedNovember 23, 1918
Docket9829
StatusPublished

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Harris v. Georgia Railway & Power Co., 97 S.E. 553, 23 Ga. App. 108, 1918 Ga. App. LEXIS 69 (Ga. Ct. App. 1918).

Opinion

Broyles, P. J.

Under the facts of the case the court erred in awarding a nonsuit.

Judgment reversed.

Bloodworth, J., concurs. Stephens, J., not presiding. In the brief of counsel for the plaintiff it is stated that the trial judge, in granting the nonsuit, said that the case was controlled by the decision in Athens Ry. & Electric Co. v. McKinney, 16 Ga. App. 741. Arminius Wright, for plaintiff, cited:

Savannah Electric Co. v. Ellarbee, 6 Ga. App. 137(2); Howard v. Savannah Electric Co., 140 Ga. 484, and citations; Columbus Street R. Co. v. Beny, 142 Ga. 670; Macon Ry. & Light Co. v. Barnes, 121 Ga. 443-5; Ga. Ry. & El. Co. v. Joiner, 120 Ga. 905; Perry v. Macon Consol. Street R. Co., 101 Ga. 400, 407, 411; Freeman v. N. C. & St. L. [111]*111Ry., 120 Ga. 469 (2); Western & Atlantic R. Co. v. Ferguson, 113 Ga. 708; Brunswick &c. R. Co. v. Gibson, 97 Ga. 497; A. K. & N. R. Co. v.. Gardner, 122 Ga. 82 (4); Williams v. Southern Ry Co., 126 Ga. 711; Cen. Ry. Co. v. Pelfry, 11 Ga. App. 119(3); Southern Ry. Co. v. Wiley, 9 Ga. App. 251; C. & W. C. Ry. Co. v. Johnson, 1 Ga. App. 441; 1 Thomp. Neg. (White’s Supp.) §§ 238, 239, 227; Civil Code, § 5746; Kelly v. Strouse, 116 Ga. 872, 881; Pendleton v. Atlanta Lumber Co., 3 Ga. App. 714; Athens Ry. & Elec. Co. v. McKinney, 16 Ga. App. 741 (distinguished).

Colquitt & Conyers, for defendant, cited:

Atlanta Ry. & Power Co. v. Owens, 119 Ga. 835; W. & A. R. Co. v. Hunt, 116 Ga. 450; Athens Ry. & Elec. Co. v. McKinney, supra; Southern Ry. Co. v. Davis, 132 Ga. 818, 819; Hearn v. Cen. Ry. Co., 22 Ga. App. 1.

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