WILLIAMS v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO.

37624.

99 Ga. App. 503 (1959)

109 S.E.2d 343

WILLIAMS, by Next Friend v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied May 7, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. P. Gambrell, Glenn T. York, Jr., Claud M. Hicks, for plaintiff in error.

Scott S. Edwards, Jr., Matthews, Maddox, Walton & Smith, contra.


TOWNSEND, Judge.

1. The central disputed issue in this case was whether the defendant, through its train operators, was negligent in the manner in which it approached the crossing. The petition alleged various acts and omissions of the defendant and its employees as negligence in fact and other acts and omissions of the defendant as negligence per se in violation of Code § 94-506, which provides as follows: "Upon the line of each railway and at a point 400 yards...

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