Legal Opinion
Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. King
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 24, 1952No. 13786PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.
The suit was for damages for injuries, resulting in death, sustained in a crossing collision between a train, belonging to and operated by defendant, and an automobile, owned and driven by plaintiff’s intestate.
Defendant having made answer, a pretrial hearing was had, the claims and defenses were agreed 1 upon, and the cause was set for trial and was tried to a jury.
At the conclusion of all the evidence, plaintiff amended her complaint by striking defendant O’Neal from it, the defendant Atlantic Coast Line moved for a directed verdict, on each of the 20 grounds set out…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. FosheeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1899
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. BrownSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
- Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. FlowersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
- Southern Ry. Co. v. MillerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
- Nave v. Alabama Great Southern RailroadSupreme Court of Alabama · 1892
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Ballentine Motor Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1962
- Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Nathan R. Underwood and Richard M. Murray, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- Willie Gertrude Glass, as Administratrix of the Estate of Percy Glass, Deceased v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company, Annie Bess Glass, as Administratrix of the Estate of Horace G. Glass, Deceased v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- James D. Hollinghead v. The Carter Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Glass v. Seaboard Coast Line RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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