Southern Railway Co. v. Davis
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Martin. Muscogee' superior court. April 17, 1908.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
We deem it necessary to discuss only the ruling made in the 3d headnote. The plaintiff’s petition alleged, that, at a place where two railroads crossed each other, a train on which she was a passenger was running upon one line when an engine approaching on the other road ran into it, causing an injury to the plaintiff. The ground of negligence alleged was that the engineer of the defendant company on the engine which caused the injury did not stop within fifty feet of the railroad crossing and did not approach it slowly, as required by law, but approached it at a high and dangerous speed, not…
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