Legal Opinion
Peeples v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 14, 1927No. 18120PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLuke, J.
Abe Peeples sued the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company for damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence in running its train against him on a public grade-crossing in Marietta, Ga. The controlling question in this case is whether or not the court correctly sustained the general demurrer and dismissed the petition.
Briefly stated, the petition set out the following case: In the city of Marietta the defendant’s line of railroad and that of the Western & Atlantic Railroad,, running parallel north and south, and within seven or eight feet of each…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Moore v. Seaboard Air-Line Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1923
- Southern Railway Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
- Lowe v. PayneSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. TapleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1916
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. FulfordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1925
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. LeonardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1934
- Hunt v. PollardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1937
- Pollard v. HeardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1936
- Buffington v. Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast RailroadCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933
- Georgia Railroad v. StanleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1928
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