Bainbridge Grocery Co. v. Atlantic Coast Line R.
U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Georgia
At Law. Action by Bainbridge Grocery Company against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company and another. On motion to remand cause to the state court.
1Opinion of the CourtSpeer, District Judge
(orally). The entire topic discussed by counsel on both sides seems to be comparatively modern in time and singular in character. For a great many years during my service as judge I never heard a case against a railway corporation for negligence where the employes of the railroad were themselves joined in the action, and alleged to be substantial defendants. A very recent case in this court, brought by the McCrees against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, where one of the learned counsel insisted strenuously on his motion to remand, the negligence was charged directly to a section boss, the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Atlantic Coast Line R. v. BaileyU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Georgia · 1907
- Atlantic Coast Line R. v. DanielsDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1909
3Cited by3 opinions
- Durst v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1924
- Floyd v. Ford Motor Co.District Court, S.D. Florida · 1936
- Sperry v. Wabash R.District Court, E.D. Illinois · 1943