Case Name: Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Pitts & Espy
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1915-05-07
Citations: 16 Ga. App. 314
Docket Number: 6088
Parties: Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Pitts & Espy.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 16
Pages: 314–314

Head Matter:
6088.
Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Pitts & Espy.
Decided May 7, 1915.
Certiorari; from Chattooga superior court — -Judge Wright. September 18, 1914.
J. Branham, J. M. Bellah, J. D. Taylor, for plaintiff in error.
G. D. Rivers, contra.

Opinion:
Wade, J.
Though the placing of cross-ties at a switch on the line of a railway company for its acceptance and use, and their subsequent removal by some one, might create a presumption that the ties had been accepted and used by the company, and a corresponding obligation on its part to pay therefor, yet where positive, unequivocal, and uncontradicted testimony denies that the ties were ever inspected or received by the company, this presumption- is legally rebutted. The verdict against the railway company in this case was therefore unauthorized, and the judge of the superior court erred in overruling the certiorari.
Judgment reversed.