Lamb v. Floyd

This case is here on certiorari from the Court of Appeals. It appears that A. B. Floyd and certain of his children brought suit, “under the Civil Code, § 4424, against E. T. Lamb as receiver of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad Company, to recover damages for the homicide of Mrs. Ida Floyd, the wife and mother, respectively, of the plaintiffs. The homicide, occurred at a crossing on the outskirts of the City of Fitzgerald, where the tracks of the A., B. & .A. Railroad cross a certain road or street. On the trial of the case in the superior court, the judge charged the jury: “Now,…