Pollard v. Savage

The plaintiff brought suit for damages alleged to have been sustained because of the negligent operation of the defendant’s train within the city limits of Atlanta at a public crossing, it being alleged that she was at the time an occupant of an automobile into which the train ran while the automobile was going over the crossing, and that the train was running at an excessive rate of speed in violation of a city ordinance, and without any light on the engine or giving any signal whatever of its approach. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. The defendant filed a motion for…