Murphy v. Georgia Railway & Power Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Ellis. Fulton superior court. January 37, 1916.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, P. J.
The plaintiff’s husband' was killed in a collision of an automobile, which he was driving, with a street-ear. The automobile and the street-car were coming from opposite directions, and the collision occurred near a curve in the highway. The highway was double tracked for street-car operation, from the direction the automobile was coming to a point around the curve, estimated by the witnesses to be from 225 to 300 feet distant from the curve, from which point the double track, by means of a switch, became a single track. The collision occurred on the highway at a point estimated to be from…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Savannah, Florida & Western Railway v. StewartSupreme Court of Georgia · 1884
- Killian v. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1896
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. WeathersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Freeman v. Collins Park & Belt RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
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- Lime-Cola Bottling Co. v. Atlanta & West Point RailroadCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1925
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