Legal Opinion
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Barksdale
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 19, 1924No. 14863PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStephens, J.
1. Loss of property after its delivery to another authorizes an inference that the loss was occasioned by negligence of the person receiving it; as where the handbag of a railway-passenger was lost after the passenger had delivered it to the conductor in charge of the train, for the purpose of its being taken by the conductor from the coach when the passenger was leaving the train at a station.
2. The railway company is under a duty to furnish to a passenger, through its servants in charge of its train, a safe and convenient means for alighting at the place of the passenger’s destination. In…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Pullman Co. v. SchaffnerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Kinsley v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
- Dibble v. Brown & HarrisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1852
- Pullman Co. v. GreenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
- Union Pacific Railroad v. GraceWyoming Supreme Court · 1914
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Loeb v. WhittonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1948
- Elliott v. LevyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1948
- Goodyear Clearwater Mills v. WheelerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1948
- AAA Parking, Inc. v. BlackCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1964
- Sayles v. Interstate Busses Corp.City of New York Municipal Court · 1946
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