Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. O'Neal

C. C. O’Neal brought suit against the Atlantic Coast Line Bailroad Company, seeking damages for the death of his eight-year-old son. He alleged that his son was killed by reason of the negligence of the defendant in piling certain cross-ties and logs on its right of way adjacent to a public street in the city of Blackshear in such a manner as to cause them to become easily dislodged. He alleged that for many years it had been the custom of the defendant to pile logs and cross-ties at this point; that children had been accustomed to play thereon for a long time, climbing upon and playing…