Legal Opinion
Vaughn v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 11, 1936No. 24946PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStephens, J.
1. A person who, in walking across a railroad track along a pathway which is customarily used by the public at all hours of the day with knowledge of the railroad company, does not see and is not aware of an approaching train on the track because his back is turned towards the train and is oblivious of the movements of the train because the train is rolling and making very little noise and no warning is given by those operating the train of the train’s approach, is not as a matter of law guilty of negligence which would bar a recovery in damages for injuries received by him by being hit by an…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Southern Railway Co. v. ChatmanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Western & Atlantic Railroad v. MichaelSupreme Court of Georgia · 1932
- Bullard v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1902
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. FulfordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1925
- Shaw v. Georgia RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. Mrs Elizabeth Frances FutchCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Wilson v. PollardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1940
- Seaboard Air Line R. Co. v. DeeseCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1950
- Seaboard Air Line Railroad v. HollomonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1958
- Goswick v. Western & Atlantic RailroadCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1936
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