Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Meigs
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroads. Damages. Negligence. Charge of Court. Evidence. Husband and Wife. Words and Phrases. Verdict Practice in Superior Court. Before Judge Dorset. City Court of Atlanta.
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Railroads. Damages. Negligence. Charge of Court. Evidence. Husband and Wife. Words and Phrases. Verdict Practice in Superior Court. Before Judge Dorset. City Court of Atlanta. September Term, 1884. Mrs. Mary Frances Meigs brought suit against the Western and Atlantic Railroad for the homicide of her husband, William H. Meigs, laying her damages at $25,000. The defendant pleaded the general issue; that the injury resulted from the want of ordinary care and diligence on the part of the deceased; and that he was a trespasser on the track of the defendant, and while there, was injured by his own…
1Opinion of the Court
Lumpkin, Judge.
On the 14th day of September, 1882, William H. Meigs was killed by a locomotive drawing a passenger train of the Western and Atlantic Railroad Company in the city of Atlanta. There were several tracks of railway at the ■place where the killing occurred, and it was a constant-habit of the public to pass along these tracks at all hours. Deceased was walking on the main line with his back to the engine which struck him. On his right Avas a switch engine, somewhat in advance of the passenger engine, and moving in the same direction. The bells on both Avere ringing, and the whistle…
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