BENNETT v. SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 2427.

302 F.Supp. 271 (1969)

Annie Mae Scott BENNETT, Plaintiff, v. SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. Georgia, Savannah Division.

August 12, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald C. Crawford, Savannah, Ga., for plaintiff.

Malcolm Maclean, Savannah, Ga., for defendant.


LAWRENCE, Chief Judge.

ORDER

Defendant's showing on its motion for summary judgment indicates a very weak case on the part of the plaintiff. Her deceased son, evidently very intoxicated, apparently lay down on a railroad track with his feet across the rails and was run over around 4:10 a. m. on a foggy morning by an engine pulling a string of freight cars, travelling about 10 miles per hour and operated by an engineer who was keeping a lookout.

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