Raleigh & Gaston Railroad v. Bradshaw

The plaintiff sued the defendant railroad companies for damages for the tortious homicide of her husband. The original petition alleged that he was killed while, “in the exercise of due care, [he] was walking over Johns street public crossing, which is a public street crossing in the city of Atlanta; ” that “ the defendants negligently failed to have a watchman at said crossing, said train was negligently running forty miles per hour, and negligently failed to check and keep checking as said crossing was approached, and negligently failed to keep any lookout ahead, nor did they blow any…