Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Goodwin
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Norwood. City court of Savannah. March 16, 1903. Plaintiff not without fault: Civil Code, § 2323; Ga. B. 83/588; 80/427; 95/301; 103/826. Risk assumed: Ga. B. 103/822; 115/624; 122 U. S. 189 ; 3 S. W.824; 18 S.-W. 151; 11 So. 234; 16 S. W: 413 ; 13 Pac. 98; 2 Am. & Eng. R. Cas. 126 ; 12 Id. 241. Cause of injury, failure to use stick: Ga.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Norwood. City court of Savannah. March 16, 1903. Plaintiff not without fault: Civil Code, § 2323; Ga. B. 83/588; 80/427; 95/301; 103/826. Risk assumed: Ga. B. 103/822; 115/624; 122 U. S. 189 ; 3 S. W.824; 18 S.-W. 151; 11 So. 234; 16 S. W: 413 ; 13 Pac. 98; 2 Am. & Eng. R. Cas. 126 ; 12 Id. 241. Cause of injury, failure to use stick: Ga. B. 86/15,600; 95/299; 100/618; 112/917; 115/332; 118/282; 47 Eed. 205; 63 Fed. 228 ; 15 So. 133; 13 So. 209 ; 20 So. 132; 60 Fed. 378; 27 New Eng. R. 10. Fraud; burden of proof: Civil Code, §§4026, 4029; Ga. B. 97/704;…
1Opinion of the CourtFish, P. J.
W. J. Goodwin sued the Central of Georgia Railway Company for damages for personal injuries sustained by him while coupling cars as a yard switchman in the employ of the defendant. There was a verdict for the plaintiff, and defendant’s motion for a new trial being overruled, it excepted.
1. A witness for the defendant testified that he was the general yardmaster of the defendant’s yard where the plaintiff was injured, during the time he worked there and for some eight years previously; that witness had been in the yardmaster’s business for some ten years; that “ lumber properly loaded in the…
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