Little v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Hodges. City court of Macon. October 3, 1903. J. H. Little sued the Southern Railway Company for injuries alleged to have been received from a collision between two switch-engines, one of which was operated by him as engineer.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Hodges. City court of Macon. October 3, 1903. J. H. Little sued the Southern Railway Company for injuries alleged to have been received from a collision between two switch-engines, one of which was operated by him as engineer. From the evidence at the trial it appeared, that about seven o’clock on the afternoon of July 1, 1902, he was directed to “break up” a train of cars, just arrived from the north, in order to make up another for the south. In the performance of this order it was necessary for him to pull his train to a point on the main line sufficiently…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
1. Within an hour after the plaintiff began to discharge his duties in shifting the cars, he violated two statutes of the State and a municipal ordinance of the City of Macon. When he ran on the main line with his cars, he failed to observe the Civil Code, § 2234, which required him to stop within fifty feet of the place of crossing the Central railroad, which was an independent railroad. He did not stop before crossing the Central railroad, but immediately after clearing the same he brought his cars to a full stop. It was afterwards that he ran his train down in the direction, where the…
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