Western & A.R. Co. v. Williams

• Decision Date: 19 October 1916
• Docket Number: 29.
• Citation: 90 S.E. 478,146 Ga. 27
• Parties: WESTERN & A. R. CO. v. WILLIAMS.
• Court: Georgia Supreme Court

90 S.E. 478

146 Ga. 27

WESTERN & A. R. CO. v. WILLIAMS.

No. 29.

Supreme Court of Georgia

October 19, 1916

Syllabus by the Court.

Under the decision in the case of City of Tallapoosa v. Brock, 143 Ga. 599, 85 S.E. 755, a direct bill of exceptions will not lie to a judgment overruling a plea in abatement to a suit brought for the recovery of damages for personal injuries, which is the case presented by this record.

Error from Superior Court, Whitfield County; A. W. Fite, Judge.

Action by Edwin Williams, by next friend, against the Western & Atlantic Railroad Company. There was a judgment overruling its plea in abatement, and defendant brings error. Writ dismissed.

Tye, Peeples & Jordan, of Atlanta, and Maddox, McCamy & Shumate, of Dalton, for plaintiff in error.

W. C. Martin and W. E. Mann, both of Dalton, for defendant in error.

BECK, J.

Writ of error dismissed.

All the Justices concur.