Legal Opinion
Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Dumas
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 3, 1931No. 21149PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStephens, J.
1. Where a driver of an automobile, before going upon a railroad track at a crossing, asked the occupants of the automobile whether the way was clear, the responses by the occupants, that they could see nothing, were, upon the trial of the driver’s action for damages against the railroad company for running into him at the crossing, admissible in evidence as part of the res ge?'L:e, and as illustrating the question of the driver’s negligence, and as showing the circumtanees under which he acted at the time. Civil Code (1910), § 5763; Atlanta &c. Railway Co. v. Bagwell, 107 Ga. 157 (33 S. E.…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- City Council v. TharpeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
- Forlaw v. Augusta Naval Stores Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Macon Railway & Light Co. v. StreyerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Western & Atlantic Railroad v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1885
- Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway Co. v. BagwellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Wright v. DilbeckCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
- Pollard v. BoatwrightCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1938
- Roberts v. McClellanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1949
- City of MacOn v. YaughnCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1951
- Williams v. YoungCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
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