Legal Opinion
Georgia, Southern & Florida Railway Co. v. United States Casualty Co.
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided February 2, 1959No. Civ. A. No. 1521PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOTLE, District Judge.
On February 13, 1953 Charles Mc-Kinnon, while employed by H. M. Pafford, Jr., drove a dirt moving machine into the side of a train of the plaintiff, Georgia, Southern and Florida Railway Company, and in consequence was killed. This occurred at a temporary grade crossing over the track of petitioner established for the convenience of Pafford, a contractor who under contract with the Highway Department of the State of Georgia was building nearby an overpass over petitioner’s track. The immediate cause of the tragedy was the negligence of one George Moore, a flagman at…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Hartford Fire Insurance v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Palmer v. ChamberlinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
- Chambers and Company, a Partnership Composed of J. J. Chambers and J. J. Chambers, Jr. v. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1942
- Thomas v. Atlantic Coast Line R. CoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by7 opinions
- B. L. Ivey Construction Co. v. Pilot Fire & Casualty Co.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1968
- Frank Jameson and Hazel Jameson Cole v. The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Dorsey v. State Mutual Life Assurance Co. of Worcester, Mass.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1964
- United States Casualty Company v. Georgia Southern & Florida Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Jordan v. SmithDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1984
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