Cox v. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co.

Suit was brought against certain railroad companies, on a petition containing two counts. In the first it was alleged, that the plaintiff had been injured in a manner rendering the defendants liable; that they had entered into a written contract of settlement with him, by one of the terms of which the defendants were to give him permanent employment; and that they had failed to comply therewith. A copy of the paper claimed to be a written contract was set out in full, and judgment was prayed for its breach. By the second count, the same injury and the making of the same written contract were…