Case Name: Southern Railway Company v. New
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1898-04-12
Citations: 105 Ga. 481
Docket Number: 
Parties: Southern Railway Company v. New.
Judges: All concurring, except Cobb, J., absent.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 105
Pages: 481–482

Head Matter:
Southern Railway Company v. New.
Argued February 16,
Decided April 12, 1898.
Action for damages. Before Judge Bite. Gordon superior •¿court. May 18, 1897.

Opinion:
."Lewis, J.
Where a cow was killed upon a railroad-track at a point beyond a públic crossing, and it appeared from the testimony that the killing was unavoidable after the danger became apparent, the only fact relied on by the plaintiff as evidence of negligence being a failure to observe the statutory rule in approaching the crossing, a verdict for the plaintiff was contrary to the evidence. Air-Line Railway Co. v. Gravitt, 93 Ga. 370 (6).
Judgment reversed.
All concurring, except Cobb, J., absent.
Shumate & Maddox, for plaintiff in error.
Starr & Erwin, contra.