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ATLANTIC COAST LINE R. CO. v. OLIVENT

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89 Ga. App. 403 (1953)

79 S.E.2d 435

ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. OLIVENT.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied December 16, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Custer & Kirbo, for plaintiff in error.

Peacock, Perry & Kelley, Jesse W. Walters, contra.

QUILLIAN, J.

1. This is a companion case to Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. Sellars, ante, p. 293 (79 S.E.2d 35). From the evidence it appears, and the jury were authorized to find, that the damages complained of resulted from the negligence of the defendant in permitting live coals to be dropped from its locomotive onto its right-of-way, which started a fire thereon that spread to the lands of the plaintiff. The sole...

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