Legal Opinion

Alabama Midland Railway Co. v. Hatcher

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 12, 1902PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Certiorari. Before Judge Spence: Decatur superior court. December 24, 1901.

1Opinion of the CourtPish, J.

1. Under previous rulings of this court, ‘1 Whether the commission of, or omission to do, particular acts by a railroad company was negligence as to one who has been injured by the running and operation of a train of cars, must, as a general rule, be determined by a jury; and it is error for the judge, on the trial of a case brought to recover damages for such injuries, to charge the jury that the omission to do a certain act was negligence, when not expressly made so by law.” Central of Georgia Ry. Co. v. McKenney, 116 Ga. 13, and cases cited.

2. The other charges of which complaint was made…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. McKenneySupreme Court of Georgia · 1902

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Fontano v. Mozley & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1904

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