Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. Hicks
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Eve. City court of Richmond county. August term, 1894. Hicks sued for personal injuries sustained by him while working in the railroad company’s shops. He obtained a verdict, and the company excepted to the refusal of a new trial. The declaration alleges, that he was a practical and experienced plumber and gas-fitter, and was directed to put on the ceiling of the car-shops a line of inch gas-pipe.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Eve. City court of Richmond county. August term, 1894. Hicks sued for personal injuries sustained by him while working in the railroad company’s shops. He obtained a verdict, and the company excepted to the refusal of a new trial. The declaration alleges, that he was a practical and experienced plumber and gas-fitter, and was directed to put on the ceiling of the car-shops a line of inch gas-pipe. The ceiling was about 16 feet high, and he was furnished with a ladder and a manservant of the defendant to assist him in putting up the pipe. He began the work in…
1Opinion of the Court
Atkinson, Justice.
The facts upon which the questions in this case arise are so fully and accurately stated in the official report, that we do not deem it necessary to restate them here.
1. The principle declared in the first head-note has been so frequently and so strongly stated by this court heretofore, that it is unnecessary to. attempt a further elaboration of the reasons which justify its recognition. It might be well for the .profession to recognize that with reference to some matters at least they are so well established as, upon the doctrine of stare decisis, to be beyond further…
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