Legal Opinion
Georgia Northern Railway Co. v. Dalton
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided September 23, 1974No. 49299PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Stolz, Judge.
The defendant railway company appeals from the overruling of its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, following a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff in her action for damages arising out of the collision of her automobile with the engine of the defendant’s moving train.
On February 1, 1971, at approximately 5:45 p.m., Mrs. Mavis H. Dalton (plaintiff) was driving her automobile in a southerly direction on Georgia Highway 133 approximately .7 miles north of the city limits of Doerun, Georgia. At that point the tracks of the Georgia Northern Railway Company…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Western & Atlantic Railroad v. FergusonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
- Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1887
- Brinson v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1924
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. AdamsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1929
- Cook v. Kroger Baking & Grocery Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1941
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- Crockett v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 2000
- Georgia Northern Railway Co. v. DaltonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974