Mann v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) Every case of this sort must, in the last analysis, be determined upon its own facts, and we think the instant petition was not fatally defective as *711failing to state a cause of action. It sufficiently avers negligence on the part of the defendant, and does not as a matter of law disclose such negligence or want of care on the part of the decedent as to bar a recovery. The defendant, of course, had the right to use its tracks at this crossing and would not be guilty of negligence in the mere act of stopping its cars for such length of time as might be…
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2Cases cited31 opinions
- Southern Railway Co. v. SlatonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1930
- Davis v. WhitcombCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1923
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. LarsenCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1917
- Brinson v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1924
- Thomas v. Georgia Granite Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1913
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Barbara R. Gross v. Southern Railway Company, Nancy Ruth Canipelli v. Southern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. CoxwellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1955
- Squyres v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1938
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. LeonardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1934
- Minnick v. JacksonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1941
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