Legal Opinion

Bridges v. Southern Railway Company

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 9, 1957No. 36822PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtNichols, J.

1. “A person who crosses the tracks of a railroad company, not at a public crossing, or at a private crossing established by law, or at a crossing which the railroad keeps up or helps to keep up, but at a place where people are accustomed to cross, and where the railroad has done nothing in an affirmative way, and has merely taken no action to prevent such customary crossing, is a trespasser. Tice v. Central of Georgia Railway Co., 25 Ga. App. 346 (103 S. E. 262); Pope v. Seaboard Air-Line Ry., 21 Ga. App. 251 (94 S. E. 311); Dodson v. Southern Railway Co., 55 Ga. App. 413, 417 (190 S. E.…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Western & Atlantic Railroad v. MichaelSupreme Court of Georgia · 1932
  2. Ashworth v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  3. Charleston & Western Carolina Railway Co. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
  4. Hammontree v. Southern Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1932
  5. Tice v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1920

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. Mrs Elizabeth Frances FutchCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
  2. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. Mrs Elizabeth Frances FutchCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
  3. Gazaway v. Seaboard Coast Line RailroadCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
  4. James Lee Clark v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961

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