Legal Opinion
Atlanta & West Point Railroad v. Underwood
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 9, 1962No. 21618PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mobley, Justice.
We deal first with the question of the right of the railroad company to invoke, as negligence per se, the violation by the taxicab driver while carrying a fare-paying passenger of the duty prescribed by Code Ann. § 68-1663, the pertinent portion of which reads as follows: “(a) The driver of any motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire . . . before crossing at grade any track or tracks of a railroad, shall stop such vehicle within 50’ feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail of such railroad and while so stopped shall listen and look in both directions along such…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Platt v. Southern Photo Material Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
- Huckabee v. GraceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1934
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. RogersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
- Sirota v. Kay Homes Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1951
- City of Acworth v. Western & Atlantic RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1925
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3Cited by34 opinions
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- Bruce A. Decker, Shelley R. Decker, Henry L. Etheridge, Etc. v. Gibson Products Company of Albany, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Globe Motors, Inc. v. NoonanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
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