Legal Opinion
Wood v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
District Court, M.D. Georgia
Decided August 10, 1960No. Civ. A. Nos. 489, 490PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOTLE, District Judge.
These cases are now for decision upon motions for judgments notwithstanding the verdicts.
On February 2, 1958, at 1:30 o’clock a. m., the plaintiff Wood was driving his Cadillac automobile north on Ridge Avenue in the City of Tifton, Georgia. His wife, the other plaintiff, was sitting beside him as a guest passenger. Ridge Avenue runs in a general north and south direction, and is intersected by the defendant’s tracks which run in a general east and west direction. This is a public crossing maintained by the railroad. As Wood approached the crossing he was traveling…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Mann v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1931
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. HeardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1927
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. AdamsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1929
- Evans v. Georgia Northern RailroadCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1949
- Brown v. Southern Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1932
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Barbara R. Gross v. Southern Railway Company, Nancy Ruth Canipelli v. Southern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Barbara R. Gross v. Southern Railway Company, Nancy Ruth Canipelli v. Southern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Mrs. Phoebe A. Wood and James Dawson Wood v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961