Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Bradshaw

1. No law of this State imposes upon a railroad engineer an absolute duty to have his engine under such control, when approaching a crossing, that he can bring it to a stop in order to avoid injury to any person at the crossing. No such absolute duty is placed upon him by the provision in the act approved August 19, 1918 (Ga. L. 1918, p. 212; 8 Park’s Code Supp. (1922), § 2677 et seq.), that a railroad engineer “shall otherwise exercise due care in approaching said crossing, in order to avoid doing injury to any person or property which may be on such crossing.” Under the statute it is a jury…