Carroll v. Atlantic Steel Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equitable petition. Before Judge Bell. Eulton superior court. June 2, 1920. Clarence Carroll, suing by Odessa Carroll as his next friend, brought an equitable petition against the Atlantic Steel Company, and alleged in substance as follows: About May 13, 1918, while employed by the defendant the plaintiff was injured and damaged in the sum of $25,000, having lost his left leg through the defendant’s negligence.
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Equitable petition. Before Judge Bell. Eulton superior court. June 2, 1920. Clarence Carroll, suing by Odessa Carroll as his next friend, brought an equitable petition against the Atlantic Steel Company, and alleged in substance as follows: About May 13, 1918, while employed by the defendant the plaintiff was injured and damaged in the sum of $25,000, having lost his left leg through the defendant’s negligence. About September 3, 1918, the plaintiff believed that he effected a valid settlement, of his damages by having received a contract for permanent employment with the. defendant, and…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) This was an equitable action brought by Clarence Carroll, a minor, by his mother as next friend, to set aside a judgment rendered in the city court of Atlanta on September 3, 1918, in his favor against the Atlantic Steel Company as defendant, in which a verdict and judgment were entered for $450, by which it was attempted to fully satisfy the plaintiff’s claim for. damages against the defendant, alleged to have been sustained by him while an employee of the defendant. The petition also had for its purpose the recovery of damages to the amount of $25,000.…
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