Case Name: Price vs. The State of Georgia
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1884-10-21
Citations: 74 Ga. 378
Docket Number: 
Parties: Price vs. The State of Georgia.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 74
Pages: 378–379

Head Matter:
Price vs. The State of Georgia.
Section 4438 of the Code, which provides a penalty for obstructing a railroad, includes a street railroad operated by horse-power, as well as a railroad on which the cars are drawn by a steam locomotive.
Judgment affirmed.
October 21, 1884.

Opinion:
Blandeord, Justice.
[Price was indicted for obstructing the track of the Columbus Street Railroad Company by placing rocks on it. He filed various pleas, the principal point made by which ivas that the Columbus Railroad was a street railroad, propelled by horse-power, and not by steam, and Avas, therefore, not within the meaning of the act of 1837. (Code, §4438.) They were stricken by the court on demurrer. Defendant was convicted. He moved for a new trial, and on its refusal, excepted.]