Southern Railway Co. v. Jackson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Searcy. Fayette superior court. January 15, 1916.
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. If a woman exercising ordinary care in walking across a railroad-track at a street-crossing in a city, attended by her two small children, discovers that she is about to be run down by an engine approaching the crossing in a grossly negligent manner, and leaps from ’■'lie track and falls to the ground, and one of her..ehildmnMs--FTnrttWn and mangled by the .engine in her presence, and the woman on account o the fall su§|aw4lñ^isEock^ and_ endures__pain_.and suffering therefrí-n. o^e has a right of action .for thejffirong to. herself. The petition was subject to general demurrer.
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