Seaboard Air-Line Railway v. Hollis
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from Muscogee superior court—Judge Gilbert. April 29, 1916.
1Opinion of the CourtWade, C. J.
Hollis instituted a suit for damages against the Seaboard Air-Line Railway, on account of personal injuries, and. because of the destruction of an automobile in which he was riding, in a collision with a passenger-train of the defendant at a public crossing on a country road. He predicated his right to re*556cover upon the alleged failure of the defendant to observe the “blow-post law” (Civil Code .of 1910, § 2675), by blowing the whistle of the locomotive and continuing to blow it while approaching the said crossing and until the crossing was reached,' and simultaneously checking and continuing…
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- Southern Railway Co. v. CombsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
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