Waldrep v. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Atlanta- — -Judge Beid. January 5, 1909.
1Opinion of the CourtBussell, J.
The principle that a railroad company can not in any case relieve itself from liability to a trespasser by showing merely that its servants and employees did not know of the presence of the trespasser, but in some cases must go further and show that there were no circumstances from which an ordinarily prudent person would have reason to anticipate his presence, as set forth in the rulings in Crawford v. Southern Ry. Co., 106 Ga. 870 (33 S. E. 826), and Ashworth v. Southern Ry. Co., 116 Ga. 635 (43 S. E. 36, 59 L. B. A. 592), was so strongly urged by the learned counsel for the plaintiff in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Crawford v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1899
- Ashworth v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- Bullard v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- Shaw v. Georgia RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Macon & Birmingham Railway Co. v. ParkerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
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