Legal Opinion

Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Goodman

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 14, 1903PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Action for damages. Before Judge Reagan. Spalding superior court. February 28, 1903.

1Opinion of the CourtFish, P. J.

J. B. Goodman, as next' friend of the minor children of A. B. Goodman, brought an action against the Central of Georgia Railway Company, for damages, for the homicide of the father of such children, alleged to have been caused by the negligent running of the ears of the defendant company! Upon the trial the contentions of the plaintiff were, in substance: that the deceased went, at night, to Pomona, a flag-station on the defendant’s road, to board a regular suburban passenger-train, to go to Griffin; that the usual stopping-place at that station for taking on and discharging passengers was…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Roberts v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
  2. East Tenn., Va. & Ga. Railway Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Trammell v. ShirleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1928
  2. Week v. Big Bunker Hill Mining Corp.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1941
  3. Department of Transportation v. KatzCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
  4. City Ice Delivery Co. v. TurleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1931
  5. Wallace v. WillisCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1965

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