Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. v. Dickson

G. W. Dickson sued the Atlantic Coast Line Eailroad Company for damages. His petition, as amended, alleged substantially as follows: He is the father of Willis Thomas Dickson, who was born January 18, 1928, and is the head of a family consisting of himself, his wife, and said son; defendant’s tracks cross South Eidge Avenue in the City of Tifton which runs north and south; on March 8, 1943, plaintiff’s son and another boy were traveling homeward on bicycles along said avenue, and when they arrived at said crossing at 9:15 o’clock p. m., it was blocked by a string of cars, five or six of said…