McCoy v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Seabrook. Effingham superior court. July 13, 1907. Martha McCoy brought suit to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of the negligence of the railway company.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Seabrook. Effingham superior court. July 13, 1907. Martha McCoy brought suit to recover damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of the negligence of the railway company. She alleged, that while going from the eastern side (the side of her-residence) to the western side of the track of the defendant, “it became necessary that plaintiff - should travel upon the Middle Ground public road, and thence by another public road, and across the point where said railroad intersects with and crosses the public road;” that she was traveling in a wagon drawn by a…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
(After stating the facts.)
The plaintiff’s cause of action, as declared on in this ease, was for damages' resulting from personal injuries alleged to have been sustained in consequence of the failure upon the part of the agents and employees of the. defendant company to observe the requirements of the statute, mairing it the duty of the engineer to blow the whistle of the locomotive and to check the speed of the train as required under the provision of §2222 of the Civil Code. While there was a general allegation, in specifying the acts of negligence of which the defendant was guilty, that the…
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