Southern Ry. Co. v. Ritch
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit.Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia. Action at law by Clifford H. Ritch against the Southern Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1DissentShelby, Circuit Judge
The plaintiff (defendant in error here) w;as a brakeman and flagman on a switch train of the Southern Railway Company. There were 27 cars in the switch train, and he was on the rear car. The train was moving at the rate of six or seven miles an hour. The plaintiff had his lantern with a red light on the end of the rear car. It was very foggy and about 5 o’clock in the morning. Another train belonging to the defendant company, called the “Hoodlum” train, going in the same direction as the switch train at a rate of from 25 to 30 miles an hour, ran' into the switch train with great force,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. IvesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Jones v. East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Texas & P. Ry. Co. v. CarlinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1901
- Atlanta & West Point Railroad v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1881
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. McCliffordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
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