Legal Opinion

Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Studdard

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 18, 1925No. 16480PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBell, J.

1. In Jarrell v. Seaboard Air-Line Ry., 21 Ga. App. 415 (2) (94 S. E. 648), this court said, that “it is clear that the decision of the Supreme Court [in Seaboard Air-Line Ry. v. Jarrell, 145 Ga. 688, 89 S. E. 718) was distinctly predicated upon the fact 'that there was uneontradieted evidence that the two engines which passed shortly *571before the fire was discovered were properly equipped with sparkarresters, wherefore the circumstantial evidence - offered to show that the fire was caused by sparks emitted from an engine of the defendant company was not sufficient to ‘reasonably establish the…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Mitchum v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1852
  2. Davis v. WhitcombCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1923
  3. Southern Railway Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  4. Augusta Factory v. BarnesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1884
  5. Gainesville, Jefferson & Southern Railroad v. EdmondsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. King Hardware Co. v. EnnisCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1929
  2. Moore v. Atlanta Transit System, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1961
  3. Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. DumasCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1931
  4. Southern Railway Co. v. RichardsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933
  5. New York, Chicago & St. Louis Rd. v. KovatchOhio Supreme Court · 1929

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