Legal Opinion

Co-Op Cab Company v. Preston

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 6, 1942No. 29518PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Sxjtton,'J.

The plaintiff brought suit against the defendant eab company and the defendant bus company to recover damages for injuries sustained as the result of alleged concurrent negligence of both. The evidence showed that the plaintiff was a passenger on a bus of the defendant bus company from Atlanta to Athens; that as the bus was about a half mile or more from the bus terminus in Athens, traveling on a busy city street at about twenty to twenty-five miles per hour, the plaintiff, in anticipation of soon disembarking from the bus, arose from his seat and stood in the aisle of the bus to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Metropolitan St. R. R. v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
  2. King v. KingSupreme Court of Georgia · 1867
  3. Mayfield v. Savannah, Griffin & North Alabama RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1891
  4. Auld v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1911
  5. Doster v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1920

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Georgia Power Company v. BlumCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1949
  2. Gilson v. MitchellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
  3. Lissmore v. KincadeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
  4. Perry v. LyonsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1971
  5. Calhoun v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975

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