Southern Railway Co. v. Wood

WIGGINTON, Judge.

This is the third appearance of this case before this court.1 On the last appearance we remanded the cause to the trial court for a new trial on the sole issue of whether plaintiff’s decedent was an employee of defendant railway company at the time he received the injuries which resulted in his death. It was and is the contention of defendant that at all times pertinent to this controversy plaintiff’s decedent was an employee of Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company, and not of defendant.

Upon a retrial of the cause the jury rendered its verdict in favor of the…