Legal Opinion

Seaboard Air-Line Railway Co. v. Fountain

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 15, 1931No. 8340PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.

Fountain sued the Seaboard Air-Line Railway Company for a personal injury. In his petition he makes this case: *594He was a passenger on the defendant’s train from Atlanta to Tucker. When the train was nearing Tucker an employee of the defendant announced that the next stop would be Tucker. After the train came to a complete stop he went to the door of the coach, when an employee of the railway stationed thereat an- ' nounced to him that they were at Tucker. The train was composed of several coaches, and the one in which he was riding was the last coach of the train, which stopped some distance…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Bailey v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  2. Western & Atlantic Railroad v. HendersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
  3. McFarland v. American Sugar Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1916
  4. Manley v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
  5. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. NelmsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1889

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Todd v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
  2. Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. LutherCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
  3. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. ThomasCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1951
  4. Floyd v. Colonial Stores, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1970
  5. Tamiami Trail Tours, Inc. v. Georgia Public Service CommissionSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957

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