Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Co. v. Thomas
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Tifton — Judge R. Eve. December 17, 1915.
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, J.
1. A brakeman, upon either a passenger or a freight-train,
has the implied power to remove trespassers therefrom. Dixon vNorthern Pacific R. Co., 37 Wash. 310 (79 Pac. 943, 68 L. R. A. 895, 107 Am. St. R. 810, 2 Ann. Cas. 620).
2. A railroad company owes a duty to a trespasser upon its trains not to injure him wilfully or wantonly. Charleston & Western Carolina Ry. Co. v. Johnson, 1 Ga. App. 441 (57 S. E. 1064); Forrest v. Georgia R. Co., 128 Ga. 77 (57 S. E. 98).
3. Where a brakeman of a railroad company, who is on duty at the time, . discovers a trespasser on a rapidly moving freight-train of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Charleston & Western Carolina Railway Co. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
- Cook v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1901
- Dixon v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1905
- Marion v. C., R. I. & P. R.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1882
- Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co. v. GodkinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
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