ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD CO. v. HODGES

34058.

86 Ga. App. 334 (1952)

71 S.E.2d 524

ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD CO. v. HODGES.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided June 20, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peacock, Perry & Kelley, Asa D. Kelley Jr., Jesse W. Walters, for plaintiff in error.

Custer & Kirbo, contra.


SUTTON, C.J.

1. Where, in an action against a railroad company to recover damages for the killing of the plaintiff's mule, it appeared from the evidence that the defendant's train, after passing through the Town of Brinson, struck the mule at least 300 feet beyond the corporate limits of said town and was then proceeding at a speed of 50 to 55 miles per hour, it was error to admit in evidence an ordinance of the Town of Brinson limiting the speed of trains within...

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