Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co. v. Flannagan
Supreme Court of Georgia
Evidence. Railroads. Practice. Damages. Negligence. Charge of court. New trial. Before Judge Harden. City court of Savannah.
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Evidence. Railroads. Practice. Damages. Negligence. Charge of court. New trial. Before Judge Harden. City court of Savannah. May term, 1888. On July 2d, 1887, Annie Elannagan, widow of James Elannagan, sued the railroad company for $10,000 damages, alleging, in brief, as follows : Her husband was employed as a day watchman at the company’s wharves in Savannalu Soon after six o’clock on the evening of April 19th, 1887, while returning home from work, he was run over and killed by an engine propelled by the servants of the company, while doing the work assigned them. His employment was wholly…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
The record makes the following questions on the admissibility of testimony ¡Was it competent to show that the engine which ran over the deceased was supplied with a hand-brake only, and that most or all other engines of the company had air-brakes? "Was it admissible to show the speed of the engine while on the company’s property and approaching the street where the accident occurred? Was it admissible to show the habitual high speed of the same engine when run by the same engineer, for some time previously, at the same place where the accident occurred ? Was it…
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