Case Name: Central of Georgia Railway Company v. Betsill
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1931-10-17
Citations: 44 Ga. App. 219
Docket Number: 21265
Parties: Central of Georgia Railway Company v. Betsill.
Judges: Jenkins, P. J., and Stephens, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 44
Pages: 219–220

Head Matter:
21265.
Central of Georgia Railway Company v. Betsill.

Opinion:
Bell, J.
The present ease is distinguished from Peeples v. Louisville & Nashville R. Co., 37 Ga. App. 87 (139 S. E. 85), in that it appears from the instant petition that the decedent did exercise some care for his own safety; and under the facts alleged it can not be held as a matter of law that he was guilty of such negligence as to bar a recovery for his homicide. Under the rulings in Southern Railway Co. v. Slaton, 41 Ga. App. 759 (3) (154 S. E. 718), and the authorities there cited, the petition set forth a cause of action, and the court properly overruled the general demurrer. See also Clements v. Central of Georgia Ry. Co., 41 Ga. App. 310 (152 S. E. 849) ; Hadaway v. Southern Ry. Co., 41 Ga. App. 669 (154 S. E. 296) ; Foster v. Southern Ry. Co., 42 Ga. App. 830 (157 S. E. 371).
Decided October 17, 1931.
Cleveland, Goodrich & Cleveland, Mundy <& Wright, for plaintiff in error.
O. J. Coogler, Hewlett & Dennis, contra.
Judgment affirmed.
Jenkins, P. J., and Stephens, J., concur.