Mayor of Macon v. Dykes
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Ross. City court of Macon. June term, 1897.
1Opinion of the CourtFish, J.
T. J. Dykes, plaintiff below, sued the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon and the Macon Consolidated Street Railway Company for personal injuries. The undisputed facts proved at the trial were, that plaintiff, while driving a horse attached to a two-wheeled road-cart, along a street in Macon upon which the railroad company had a track, attempted to drive, while the horse was in a walk, across such track at an angle of about forty-five degrees. When the wheels of his cart came in contact with the iron rails of the track, the wheels •slipped along the rails and made a scraping noise. The…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Brown v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1880
- Belding v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
- Cook v. City of CharlestownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1867
- Cheeves v. DaniellySupreme Court of Georgia · 1888
- Bbooks v. Inhabitants of ActonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
3 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by71 opinions
- Southern Railway Co. v. WebbSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- Williams v. GrierSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
- Lemos v. MaddenWyoming Supreme Court · 1921
- Georgia Power Co. v. KinardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933
- Savannah Electric Co. v. WheelerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
66 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.