Legal Opinion

WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD v. Hassler

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 14, 1955No. 35541PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtQuillian, J.

We shall, for the sake of convenience, refer to the plaintiff in error as the defendant and to the defendant in error as the plaintiff, they having occupied those respective positions in the trial court. Occasionally reference will be made to the plaintiff in error as the railroad company.

The plaintiff and defendant are in accord that the evidence demanded a verdict. That is, however, where the unanimity *280ceased. The plaintiff maintains that the only legal verdict under the facts disclosed by the evidence was in his favor, and for that reason, if errors were committed, they were harmless to…

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. City of Portsmouth v. WeissSupreme Court of Virginia · 1926
  2. Goble v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
  3. Doster v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1858
  4. Soules v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1916
  5. Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. PoolTexas Supreme Court · 1888

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Feathers v. WilsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  2. Mann v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  3. Strange v. BartlettCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  4. Uniroyal, Inc. v. George K. Hood, Defendants-Third Party Usco Services, Inc., Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
  5. Katherine Glynn Head v. Jadilson Silva De SouseCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2019

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