Miller v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from Harris superior court — Judge Gilbert. January 20, 1913.
1Opinion of the CourtBussell, J.
This case has previously been before this court (Griffin v. Central of Georgia Ry. Co., 8 Ga. App. 341, 60 S. E. 320). After its prior appearance in this court the plaintiff married a Mr. Miller, and this accounts for the change in the name of the plaintiff. As pointed out when the ease was here before, the proximate cause of the homicide (under the allegations of the petition) was the negligent conduct of the engineer in not obeying the conductor’s signal to stop or slow down the cars while he was beside a depot platform. The wall of the brick platform was so close to the track, according to…
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- Cook v. Western & Atlantic RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
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