Sheppard v. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co.

This is a suit by a mother against Georgia Railroad & Banking Company to recover for the alleged negligent homicide of her son, who was killed as a result of a collision at a railroad crossing between the defendant’s train and an automobile in which the plaintiff’s son was a guest of the driver, riding with other companions, going on a swimming trip. The plaintiff’s son was not the owner or the driver of the ear which was being driven by another of the occupants.

The fact that the plaintiff’s son and his companions had the same object in the trip, namely, going somewhere for the purpose-of…