Legal Opinion
Driskell v. Powell
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 13, 1933No. 7086PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
The suit of appellant for personal injuries was dismissed on demurrer. She alleged that she was riding as her husband’s guest in an automobile at night over an unfamiliar road through Lawreneeville, a town of about 2,000 people, where the road at the edge of town dipping into a hollow filled by a local fog crossed the railroad track 50 feet from the railroad station. They did not know the track was there, and a street light near the crossing did not sufficiently illuminate it on the night in question because of the fog. They suddenly and unexpectedly ran into the fog and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. HeardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1927
- Field v. BrantleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1913
- Mayor of Dalton v. WilsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Chambers v. WhelenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1930
- Charleston & Western Carolina Railroad v. Augusta Stockyard Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1902
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Barbara R. Gross v. Southern Railway Company, Nancy Ruth Canipelli v. Southern Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- J. M. Carey & Brother v. City of CasperWyoming Supreme Court · 1950
- Weeks v. Denver Tramway Corp.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1939
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. Mrs. Woodrow Sapp, Mrs. James H. Tyre and Mrs. Leroy Beckham, Sr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Vassey v. Standard Oil Co. of KentuckyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
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