Savannah, Florida & Western Ry. Co. v. Daniels

Simmons, Justice.

The plaintiff sued the railroad company for damages on account of the death of her son, which she claimed was caused by the negligence of the defendant while he was upon its bridge over the Ogeechee river, where he had a right to be. It was alleged that the defendant was negligent in not slowing down its train to a speed of not more than four miles an hour at the time; that the train should have been stopped before going on the bridge, unless signalled to proceed by the bridge-tender or his substitute ; but that without either slowing up or stopping, it ran over and across…