Ocilla Southern Railroad v. Beavers

95 S.E. 735, 22 Ga. App. 201, 1918 Ga. App. LEXIS 246

• Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
• Decided: April 11, 1918
• Docket: 9177
• Status: Published

Opinion

Bloodworth, J.

The petition as amended, was sufficient to withstand the demurrer, and the court ’did not err in overruling the demurrer.

Judgment affirmed.

Broyles, P. J., and'Harwell, J., eoneur.

The defendant demurred to 'the petition generally, and demurred specially to the allegations as to the danger that the plaintiff saw before leaping, and to the allegations of negligence.

Wall & Grantham, Quincey & Rice, for plaintiff in error, cited:

Walker v. A. & W. P. R. Co., 103 Ga. 820, 822-3; Blackstone v. Cen. Ry. Co., 112 Ga. 762; Price v. Cen. Ry. Co., 124 Ga. 899; E. T. &c. R. Co. v. Head, 92 Ga. 723; Stewart v. S. A. L. Ry., 115 Ga. 624; Roland v. Tift, 131 Ga. 683 (2); Hendrix v. Mfg. Co., 134 Ga. 712; Beck v. Tumlin Co., 13 Ga. App. 618; Kilgo v. Rome Mfg. Co., 16 Ga. App. 737 (4); McDonnell v. Cen. Ry. Co., 118 Ga. 89-90, and cases cited.

Shipp & Sheppard, contra,. cited:

Gainesville &c. Ry. v. Vandiver, 144 Ga. 852; Callahan v. W. & A. R. Co., 137 Ga. 726; Simmons v. E. T. &c. Ry. Co., 92 Ga. 658, and cases cited; Smith v. R. Co., 83 Ga. 671; Ga. R. Co. v. Rhodes, 56 Ga. 646; M. & W. R. Co. v. Winn, 26 Ga. 250; Cen. R. Co. v. Sanders, 73 Ga. 513 (3); Charleston &c. R. Co. v. Lyons, 5 Ga. App. 668 (2); Cen. Ry. v. Brandenburg, 129 Ga. 117; Standard Cotton Mills T. Cheatam, 125 Ga. 649; Charleston &c. Ry. Co. v. Attaway, 7 Ga. App. 231.