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ATLANTA &c. R. CO. v. ARMSTRONG

51564.

138 Ga. App. 577 (1976)

227 S.E.2d 71

ATLANTA & WEST POINT RAILROAD COMPANY v. ARMSTRONG.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided April 19, 1976.

Rehearing Denied May 11, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heyman & Sizemore, William H. Major, William B. Brown, Robert E. Tritt, for appellant.

Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, Sidney F. Wheeler, for appellee.

DEEN, Presiding Judge.

1. The defendant's first enumeration of error challenges the trial judge's charge to the jury on the duty to stop at a railroad grade crossing. The applicable law at the time of the accident was Code Ann. § 68-1661 (c) (repealed by Acts 1974, pp. 633, 691): "Whenever any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade crossing, the driver of such vehicle shall stop within 50 feet but not less than 15 feet from the nearest rail of such...

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