Tuten v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages, from city court of Savannah — Judge Freeman. January 15, 1908.
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
For personal injuries sustained at Port Tampa City, Florida, Mrs. Tuten brought suit in the city court of Savannah, alleging in her- petition that the common law prevails in Florida with respect to torts of this character. To the judgment of the trial court in awarding a nonsuit, she excepts. The plaintiff herself was the only witness introduced as to how the injury happened. According to her narrative, she boarded a train of the Atlantic Coast Line Bailroad Company in Savannah, Georgia, on Juty 2,‘ 1907, for Port Tampa City, Florida, and reached her destination at about five minutes after…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Macon & Western Railroad v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1868
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- Mobile & Montgomery Rail Road v. AshcraftSupreme Court of Alabama · 1872
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