Legal Opinion

Price v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 19, 1906PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Action, for damages. Before Judge Hodges. City court of Macon. March 20, 1905.

1Opinion of the CourtEiss, C. J.

1. This court has held in this case: “It is reasonably to he expected of a railway employee, who is engaged in the performance of duties in and around one of the freight yards of his master, that he shall avail himself of his opportunities to familiarize himself with his surroundings and note the location of a culvert passing under an embankment along which tracks are laid, to the end that he may guard against the obvious danger of falling into the culvert in the event his duties call him in the night-time to the point where it is situated; and if he be injured by falling into the same, he…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Tilley v. CoxSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  2. Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. PriceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Bryant v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
  2. Lynch v. Southern Express Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1916
  3. King v. Seaboard Air-Line RailwayCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
  4. Browning v. Village of Cave SpringCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1910
  5. Howard v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1951

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