Legal Opinion
Alabama Great Southern R. v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 10, 1944No. 10823PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
Brought by the parents and the brothers and sisters of Roger Johnson, age 12, and J. B. Johnson, Jr., age 10, who had been run over and killed while at and on a public crossing, the suit was for the damages recoverable under the Mississippi Statute.1 The claim was that their deaths were due to the negligence of the defendants, railroad company and Roden, its engineer, in not sounding the statutory signals and in not keeping a reasonable lookout in approaching the crossing. The defenses were (1) a denial of the negligence charged; (2) a claim that decedents, when…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Avery v. CollinsMississippi Supreme Court · 1934
- Sinclair Refining Co. v. TompkinsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
- Gulf Refining Co. v. MillerMississippi Supreme Court · 1928
- Gulf Refining Co. v. MillerMississippi Supreme Court · 1929
3Cited by26 opinions
- Walter J. Cobb, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. Jerry LewisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- McCaig Ex Rel. Estate of McCaig v. Wells Fargo Bank (Texas), N.A.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2015
- United States v. StoneCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
- United States v. Certain Parcels of Land in Rapides ParishCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1945
- Pauline Des Isles, Formerly Known as Pauline M. Dinsmore v. Harry Evans and I. Evans, D/B/A Sea Gull Pool & Cabana ClubCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
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