GEORGIA, A. S. & C. R. CO. v. COLLINS

43246.

117 Ga. App. 254 (1968)

160 S.E.2d 441

GEORGIA, ASHBURN, SYLVESTER & CAMILLA RAILWAY COMPANY v. COLLINS, by Next Friend, et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided January 19, 1968.

Rehearing Denied January 31 And February 16, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perry, Walters, Langstaff & Lippitt, Jesse W. Walters, for appellant.

Frank C. Vann, Benjamin L. Bateman, for appellees.


JORDAN, Presiding Judge.

The plaintiffs are seeking to recover for damages to timber lands by a fire allegedly caused by the negligence of the defendant railroad company. It is alleged that the railroad company was negligent in permitting grass, weeds, and other flammable material to accumulate on its right of way, in permitting carbon to accumulate in an engine, in failing to equip the engine with a screen to prevent the emission of hot and burning carbon onto the...

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