Vanzant v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition to remove cause. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior court. November 20, 1909.
1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.
The plaintiff brought suit against the Southern Railway Company, one of its conductors, and one of its brakemen, for damages caused by the homicide of the son of the plaintiff, making, among others, substantially the following allegations: The deceased was employed by the railway company as a brakeman on one of its freight-trains; and while undertaking, in the discharge of his duty, to cross one of the company’s tracks, a train other than the one on which he was brakeman, while backing and running at a speed of 10 or 15 miles an hour, struck and killed him. Paragraphs 6, 7, and 8 of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Alabama Great Southern Railway Co. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. IdeSupreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Miller v. CliffordCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1904
- White v. EwingCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1895
- Fox v. MacKayU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California · 1894
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Southern Railway Co. v. SewellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916
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- Lane Bros. v. RickardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
- Southeastern Greyhound Lines v. EstesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1942
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