Southern Railway Co. v. King
Supreme Court of Georgia
' Action for damages. Before Judge Kimsey. Habersham superior court. June 13, 1906.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
The plaintiff, while riding in a bnggy with her husband, who was driving, was injured by a collision with.a locomotive drawing a passenger-train on the defendant’s road, at a public, crossing. There was evidence showing that the defendant’s employees had neglected to observe the blow-post law, and that the train passed over the crossing at a high and negligent rate of speed. There was some evidence tending to show that a traveler along the public highway, on account of obstructions along and near the track of the railway, could not see an approaching train until at or very near the railroad…
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