Legal Opinion
Locke v. Ford
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 28, 1936No. 25781PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, P. J.
1. The operators of a taxicab business of transporting the general public for hire are carriers of passengers, and amenable to the legal duty of exercising extraordinary diligence for their protection. Code, §§ 18-201, 18-204; Durfey v. Milligan, 265 Mich. 97 (251 N. W. 356) ; 10 C. J. 606, 607, §§ 1033, 1034, and cit.
2. A child four and a half years old is conclusively presumed to be incapable of contributory negligence. Crawford v. So. Ry. Co., 106 Ga. 870 (2) (33 S. E. 826).
3. Ordinarily a common carrier of passengers by street-car or other conveyance on city streets discharges its legal…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Roden v. Connecticut Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1931
- Augusta Railway Co. v. GloverSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
- Crawford v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1899
- Georgia Power Co. v. KinardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933
- Scearce v. Mayor of GainesyilleCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1925
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Gilson v. MitchellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
- Edwards v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1950
- Riggs v. WatsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1948
- Bush v. New Jersey & New York Transit Co.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1959
- Gazaway v. NicholsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1939
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