Legal Opinion

Railway Express Agency Inc. v. Standridge

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 20, 1943No. 29853PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSutton, J.

1. The evidence did not demand a finding as a matter of law, as contended by the plaintiffs- in error, that the collision of the truck of the defendant express company with the automobile of the plaintiff, in which the plaintiff sustained certain injuries, was unavoidable by reason of the fact that the end of the tie-rod, a part of the steering apparatus of the truck, suddenly broke because of a microscopic defect of which the defendants did not know and could not have known by the exercise of ordinary “care, but there was evidence which would authorize a finding that the collision was due to…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern Railway Co. v. GardnerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  2. Metropolitan Street Railroad v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892
  3. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. TiceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  4. Powell v. Augusta & Summerville RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1887
  5. City Council of Augusta v. OwensSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Jones v. HutchinsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1960
  2. Mullis v. City of MiamiSupreme Court of Florida · 1952
  3. Atlanta Metallic Casket Co. v. HollingsworthCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1961
  4. Harper v. HallCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1948
  5. Cruse v. TaylorCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1954

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