Southern Ry. Co. v. Ritch
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit.Court of the United States for the Northern District of Georgia. Action at law by Clifford H. Ritch against the Southern Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
TOULMIN, District Judge.
Clifford H. Ritch, the plaintiff below, recovered a judgment against the defendant (plaintiff in error here) in an action for damages on account of personal injuries alleged to have been sustained on December 16, 1908, by reason of a collision in the railway company’s yards near Atlanta, Ga., caused by the negligence of the company’s agents and employes, and without fault on the part of plaintiff below, and alleging that said injuries could not have been avoided by exercise of ordinary care on his part.
The only question presented by the assignment of errors is whether…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Parker v. Georgia Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1889
- Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. HicksSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895
- Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. LanierSupreme Court of Georgia · 1889
- Little v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Southern Railway Co. v. SalmonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
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