Legal Opinion

Wilkes v. Western & Atlantic Railroad

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 31, 1900PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Action for damages. Before Judge Calhoun. City court of Atlanta. March term, 1899.

1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.

Plaintiff in error instituted her action against, the Western & Atlantic Railroad Company, averring that the-defendant had injured and damaged her in a named sum, by reason of the following facts: Petitioner was a passenger on-the defendant’s cars from Nashville, Tennessee, to Atlanta, Georgia, to which she paid first-class passage, and by the defendant was transported to the city of Atlanta, and the car upon which she was riding .was brought into the passenger station of the defendant in the city of Atlanta, which was the-place designated for passengers to leave the car.' While in the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. PerrySupreme Court of Georgia · 1877
  2. Central Railroad v. Gleason & HarmonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
  3. Central Railroad v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1886
  4. Central Railroad v. Gleason & HarmonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1884

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Southern Railway Co. v. ReevesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  2. Delta Air Lines Inc. v. MillironsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1952
  3. Georgia, Carolina & Northern Railway Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  4. Metts v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935
  5. Atlanta Terminal Co. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1914

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