Legal Opinion
Charleston & Western Carolina Railway Co. v. Finley
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided January 15, 1912No. 3480PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Action for damages; from city court of Richmond county — Judge W. F. Eve.
1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.
W. F. Finley, employed by the Charleston & West*330ern Carolina Eailway Company as a freight-train hand running from McCormick to Anderson, South Carolina, sued for damages for personal injuries received June 14, 1907, at Hesters, South Carolina. • A verdict was returned in his favor, for $1,500, and the company’s motion for a new trial was overruled. The petition alleged, in substance, that the injuries were received in the following manner: The freight-train stopped at a station called Hesters, for the purpose of unloading freight, a part of which consisted "of a barrel of kerosene oil weighing…
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