Legal Opinion
Fox v. Pollard
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 8, 1936No. 25181PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Sutton, J.,
About 7 o’clock p. m., on August 16, 1933, the plaintiff was walking, with his head down and “in a confused state of mind,” along a railroad-track of the defendant in the City of Rossville, toward a public crossing about 150 feet ahead; and while thus in plain view of the approaching train and its operators, the plaintiff was struck by the locomotive and injured. This was in a populous section of the city, and the people thereof had been and were in the habit of using the defendant’s tracks at this point in going to and from their homes to the business part of the city, all *546of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Lowe v. PayneSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923
- Central Railroad v. BrinsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
- Georgia Railroad v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1885
- Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. DensonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
- Western & Atlantic Railroad v. BaileySupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Richardson v. PollardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1938
- Pollard v. ToddCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1940
- Redding v. CallawayCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1947
- Strickland v. DoranCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
- Pollard v. ToddCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1940