Legal Opinion

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Marshall

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 27, 1954No. 34842PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtFelton, J.

The court did not err in overruling the general *743demurrer to the petition. Under repeated rulings of this court, this court cannot say that the sole proximate cause of the collision was the negligence of the driver of the automobile in which the plaintiff was riding, in failing by the exercise of ordinary care to discover and avoid the consequences of whatever negligence the defendants were guilty of, in view of the allegation of impaired visibility at the time of the collision (Georgia Northern R. Co. v. Stains, 88 Ga. App. 6, 75 S. E. 2d 833, and cases cited), or that the sole proximate…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Brinson v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1924
  2. Mann v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1931
  3. Gay v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935
  4. Georgia Northern Railway Co. v. StainsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1953

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. CoxwellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1955
  2. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. ClementsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1955
  3. Georgia Northern Ry. Co. v. HathcockCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1955
  4. Savannah & Atlanta Railway Co. v. NewsomeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1954
  5. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. Albert Gregor KammererCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956

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