Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co. v. Evans
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Norwood. City court of Savannah. February 5, 1904.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
The plaintiff below, Mrs. Elizabeth Evans, brought a suit for damages, in the city court of Savannah, against the Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Company, a Georgia corporation, which she alleged was, in the month of October, 1899, operating a railroad running into and through the Town of Lakeland, in Polk county, Florida. Her complaint was that the defendant company on October 5, 1.899, while operating an engine along its track through that town, ran over and killed her husband as he was at night attempting to cross its track at a point where, by long established license, the public in…
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