Case Name: Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Williams Buggy Co
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1904-11-12
Citations: 121 Ga. 293
Docket Number: 
Parties: Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Williams Buggy Co.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 121
Pages: 293–293

Head Matter:
Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Williams Buggy Co.
Argued October 24, —
Decided November 12, 1904.
Action for damages. Before Judge Hodges. City court of Macon. July 30, 1904.
Hall & Wimberly and J. E. Hall, for plaintiff in error.
Claud Estes, contra.

Opinion:
Simmons, C. J.
1. Relatively to persons or property on the track of a railroad company where there is no public crossing and where the company is pot bound to anticipate their presence, it is not negligence for the company to run-its trains at a speed of fifty or sixty miles an hour.
2. Under the undisputed evidence the defendant fully rebutted the presumption of negligence arising against it from proof of the killing of the stock, and the trial judge erred in refusing to grant a new trial. Georgia M. R. Co. v. Harris, 83 Ga. 393; Georgia S. Ry. Co. v. Sanders, 111 Ga. 128.
Judgment reversed.
All the Justices concur.