Lee v. Central Railroad & Banking Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Negligence. Railroads. Practice.' Before Judge Harden. City court of Savannah. July term, 1890. ■ Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
This being the first grant of a new trial, wTe should leave it to the general rule, were it not that, upon looking into the evidence, ive are of opinion that a new trial would be wholly superfluous. For the plaintiff was his own witness, the defendant introduced no evidence, and on the case made by the plaintiff himself there can be no recovery. His injury was purely accidental. He was probably faultless himself and he certainly shows no fault on the part of the company, unless the company is to be treated as an insurer against aeeideuts to its employees, w’fiich, of…
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