Legal Opinion
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. Mrs. Woodrow Sapp, Mrs. James H. Tyre and Mrs. Leroy Beckham, Sr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 24, 1957No. 16425PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BORAH, Circuit Judge.
These are appeals from adverse judgments entered upon jury verdicts in three separate actions brought by appellees to recover damages for the wrongful deaths of their respective sons, Leonard Holmes, Perman Trye, and Leroy Beckham, Jr., which occurred when a 1950 Oldsmobile automobile in which they were riding was driven into a train of freight cars moving across Pyles Marsh Crossing between Brunswick and Jesup, Georgia.
In the complaints it was alleged, among other things, that defendant was guilty of wilful and wanton negligence in that it failed to provide a statutory…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Railroad v. TurnipseedSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. ThomasCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1951
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. MarshallCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1954
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. Albert Gregor KammererCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Driskell v. PowellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1933
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Barbara R. Gross v. Southern Railway Company, Nancy Ruth Canipelli v. Southern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Malisse Brown v. Seaboard Coastline Railroad, Successor to Atlantic Coastline Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Wood v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadDistrict Court, M.D. Georgia · 1960
- Malisse Brown v. Seaboard Coastline Railroad, Successor to Atlantic Coastline Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968