Case Name: Western & Atlantic Railroad Company v. Blackford by next friend
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1909-01-13
Citations: 131 Ga. 784
Docket Number: 
Parties: Western & Atlantic Railroad Company v. Blackford by next friend.
Judges: All the Justices concur except Fish, O. J., absent.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 131
Pages: 784–785

Head Matter:
Western & Atlantic Railroad Company v. Blackford by next friend.
Argued June 19, 1908.
Decided January 13, 1909.
Action for damages. Before Judge Fite. Catoosa superior court. October 25, 1907.

Opinion:
Atkinson, J.
1. When several plaintiffs sue jointly, the petition may be amended by striking the name of one or more of them who are not proper parties. Civil Code, §5105; Smith v. Hanie, 74 Ga. 324.
2. The evidence was sufficient to Support the verdict.
3. Other grounds of the motion for new trial not referred to in the brief of counsel for plaintiff in error are treated as abandoned.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur except Fish, O. J., absent.
Tye, Peeples, Bryan & Jordan and R. J. & J. McGamy, for plaintiff in error.
William B. Mann and Payne & Payne, contra..