Forrester v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
District Court, N.D. Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
SIDNEY 0. SMITH, Jr., District Judge.
This is a suit in which plaintiff Jack Forrester sued defendant Southern Railway Company for $50,000 for the wrongful death of his minor son Matthew, allegedly resulting from defendant’s negligent operation of its train. Plaintiff contends his son’s death was the result of a collision between defendant’s train and a car driven by Edna Armour in which his son was riding. Defendant denied any negligence on its part and contended the death of the plaintiff’s minor son was the result of the negligence of the driver of the vehicle, Edna Armour. Defendant also…
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