Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company v. Sears

1. “The law expects railroad companies to run their passenger trains on schedule, so far as they may be able to do so; and they are not ordinarily required, when it is foggy or raining to reduce their trains to such a rate of speed as that the engineer may be in a position to discover livestock on the track in time to prevent injuring them.” Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. Thomas, 10 Ga. App. 45 (72 S. E. 514).

2. Upon application of the above-stated principle of law, where, relying entirely upon the presumption of negligence against railroad .companies, the plaintiff shows that one of his cows…