Powell v. McClung

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Powell v. McClung

36 S.E.2d 820, 73 Ga. App. 388, 1946 Ga. App. LEXIS 306

CourtCourt of Appeals of Georgia

DecidedJanuary 31, 1946

Docket31128.

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

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Powell v. McClung, 36 S.E.2d 820, 73 Ga. App. 388, 1946 Ga. App. LEXIS 306 (Ga. Ct. App. 1946).

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Opinion

Felton, J.

1. The court did not err in refusing to direct a verdict.

2. It is not negligence for a railroad company to operate a train at a speed of fifty miles an hour insofar as persons or property not on or approaching a public crossing are concerned. In an action seeking to recover damages for the killing of a mule on the company’s tracks, *389 when it was struck by one of the company’s trains at a point some two hundred feet from a public crossing between the crossing and the statutory blowpost, it was, therefore, error for the court to charge the jury that the speed of the train was to be considered in determining whether the railroad company had been negligent. Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Williams Buggy Co., 121 Ga. 293 (48 S. E. 939); Atlanta & Air-Line Charlotte Ry. Co. v. Gravitt, 93 Ga. 369 (4) (20 S. E. 550), and the numerous cases therein cited and discussed; Harrison v. Central of Georgia Railway Co., 39 Ga. App. 366 (147 S. E. 177).

Decided January 31, 1946. Hope D. Starlc, John B. Gamble, for plaintiffs in error. R. F. Duncan, W. L. Nix, contra.

3. Th'e general grounds of the motion for new trial have not' been considered or passed upon. The court erred in overruling the motion for new trial.

Judgment reversed.

Button, P. J., and Partner, J., concur.

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Felton, J.

1. The court did not err in refusing to direct a verdict.

2. It is not negligence for a railroad company to operate a train at a speed of fifty miles an hour insofar as persons or property not on or approaching a public crossing are concerned. In an action seeking to recover damages for the killing of a mule on the company’s tracks, *389 when it was struck by one of the company’s trains at a point some two hundred feet from a public crossing between the crossing and the statutory blowpost, it was, therefore, error for the court to charge the jury that the speed of the train was to be considered in determining whether the railroad company had been negligent. Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Williams Buggy Co., 121 Ga. 293 (48 S. E. 939); Atlanta & Air-Line Charlotte Ry. Co. v. Gravitt, 93 Ga. 369 (4) (20 S. E. 550), and the numerous cases therein cited and discussed; Harrison v. Central of Georgia Railway Co., 39 Ga. App. 366 (147 S. E. 177).

Decided January 31, 1946. Hope D. Starlc, John B. Gamble, for plaintiffs in error. R. F. Duncan, W. L. Nix, contra.

3. Th'e general grounds of the motion for new trial have not' been considered or passed upon. The court erred in overruling the motion for new trial.

Judgment reversed.

Button, P. J., and Partner, J., concur.

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1. The court did not err in refusing to direct a verdict.

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