ATLANTA & WEST POINT R. CO. v. UNDERWOOD

21618.

218 Ga. 193 (1962)

126 S.E.2d 785

ATLANTA & WEST POINT RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNDERWOOD.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided July 9, 1962.

Rehearing Denied July 23, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heyman, Abram, Young, Hicks & Maloof, for plaintiff in error.

Greene, Neely, Buckley & DeRieux, contra.

Henry B. Troutman, T. M. Smith, Jr., Tench C. Coxe, Troutman, Sams, Schroder & Lockerman, for parties at interest.


MOBLEY, Justice.

1. We deal first with the question of the right of the railroad company to invoke, as negligence per se, the violation by the taxicab driver while carrying a fare-paying passenger of the duty prescribed by Code Ann. § 68-1663, the pertinent portion of which reads as follows: "(a) The driver of any motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire ... before crossing at grade any track or tracks of a railroad, shall stop such vehicle within 50...

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