Atlanta & W. P. R. v. Green
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia; William T. Newman, Judge. Action by Mrs. Etta Green against the Atlanta & West Point Railroad Company. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
This was an action by the defendant in error, Mrs. Etta Green (hereinafter called the plaintiff), to recover damages for the death of her husband. Her petition averred the following state of facts:
The plaintiff, her husband, and their three children resided in the city of Ea Grange on a street running parallel with the track of the plaintiff in error railway company (which will be called the defendant). That street was thickly settled, and there were a great many children in the neighborhood, which facts were known to the defendant. Between that street and the…
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