Legal Opinion
Seaboard Air-Line Railway Co. v. Benton
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 13, 1932No. 8623PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGilbert, J.
A motor-truck belonging to Bunch, which was being driven by Benton, was struck, on February 4, 1928, by a train of the railway company on a grade crossing in the incorporated town of Statham. Benton, the driver of the truck, and McLeskey, the locomotive engineer, lost their lives in the accident. Mrs. Benton, widow of the truck-driver, sued the railway company for damages because of the homicide of her husband, and obtained a judgment for $11,000, which was affirmed by the Court of Appeals. The case is here on writ of certiorari. The respondent moved to dismiss the writ as having been…
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