Legal Opinion

Davis & Hatcher v. Central Railroad

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 1, 1885PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Railroads. Damages. Negligence. Presumptions. Practice in Superior Court. Before Judge Simmons. Bibb Superior Court. April Term, 1885. Reported in the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Blandeord, Justice.

This was an action brought by plaintiffs against defendants to recover damages f >r the killing of a bull, the property of plaintiffs, upon the road and track of the Central Railroad, by the careless and negligent running of an engine and cars of the Georgia Railroad on said track. The plaintiffs were sworn, and testified to the killing of the bull near the track of the Central Railroad, and it was shown that this was done by a train of cars belonging to the Georgia Railroad, and that the servants of the company had used all ordinary and reasonable care and diligence to…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Western & Atlantic Railroad v. MorrisonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
  2. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. Mrs. Woodrow Sapp, Mrs. James H. Tyre and Mrs. Leroy Beckham, Sr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
  3. Western & Atlantic Railroad v. MorrisonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897

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