Salmon v. City Electric Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Hamilton. City court of Floyd county. May 10, 1905.
1Opinion of the CourtBeCK, J.
This was a complaint against a street-car company for personal injuries.1 The plaintiff alleged in substance as follows: He was riding on the back platform of one of defendant’s cars, engaged in smoking, it being a rule of the defendant company that all smokers should occupy that portion of the car; and while standing there he projected his head two or three inches beyond the side line of the ear for the purpose of expectorating, when it came in violent contact with a pole which the company had placed very near the track, and he was severely injured. The defendant filed a general demurrer to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Macon Consolidated Street Railroad v. BarnesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
- Spencer v. Milwaukee & Prairie du Chien RailroadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1863
- Augusta Railway & Electric Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Seymour v. Citizens' Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- Kird v. New Orleans & Northwestern RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
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- City Electric Railway Co. v. SalmonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
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