Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Larsen
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from Johnson- superior court—Judge Graham. December 15, 1915.
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, J.
Mrs. Rebie Parkér Larsen brought suit against the Central of Georgia Railway Company, under sections 4424 and 4425 of the Civil Code of 1910, for the homicide of her husband, W. T. Larsen, who was killed by a collision with a passenger-train of the defendant at a public crossing while driving an automobile. The plaintiff alleged, in her petition, that the defendant failed to observe, any of the requirements of section 2675 of the Civil Code, known as the “blow-post law,” but that the engineer in charge of the train at the time of the collision, ran it over the said crossing at a high and…
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- Central Railroad v. HarrisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1886
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