Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Barnett

This was a suit against a railway company, brought jointly by the husband and the infant child, for the full value of the life of the deceased wife and mother, who was killed by a collision between the defendant’s locomotive and an automobile driven by the husband, at a grade crossing in the City of Statesboro, Georgia. The petition alleged: that the defendant company was negligent in approaching the crossing with its cars at an excessive rate of speed, in failing to maintain a lookout while approaching the same, in failing to toll the bell as required by the statute, and in failing to…