Southern Railway Co. v. Chatman
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Born. City court of Gwin-nett county. June 10, 1905. ' Willie Chatman, a minor, by his next friend, Susan Moon, brought suit against the Southern Bailway Company, alleging as follows: In the city of Greenville, South Carolina, the defendant’s line of track crosses, just above the depot, a public street known as Biley street.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Born. City court of Gwin-nett county. June 10, 1905. ' Willie Chatman, a minor, by his next friend, Susan Moon, brought suit against the Southern Bailway Company, alleging as follows: In the city of Greenville, South Carolina, the defendant’s line of track crosses, just above the depot, a public street known as Biley street. On January 1, 1904, the plaintiff, a minor ten years of age, was passing over said public crossing in the exercise of all due care, and, while upon it, was run over by a switch-engine of the defendant, and his leg was crushed.' The…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpKIN, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) 1. The charge of the court in this case is not free from error. The suit was based -on allegations, that while the plaintiff, a boy ten years of age, was passing over the tracks of the defendant at a public-street crossing in the city of Greenville, South Carolina, and was in the exercise of due care, a car attached to an engine of the defendant ran over and injured him;,that the defendant’s employees were negligent in causing the engine to be run over the crossing at a speed of fifteen miles an hour, in failing to keep a proper lookout, in failing to stop…
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