Sloan v. Georgia Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Negligence. Railroads. Master and servant. Before Judge Van Epps. City court of Atlanta. December term, 1889. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
The plaintiff’s hand was injured whilst he was between the cars endeavoring to make a coupling by the direct use of his hand. He testified at the trial that he had been in .the employment of the company for a considerable length of time, and said: “I have always heard that it is the rule of the company to couple with a stick. That is what I have always heard. Those were my orders to always couple with a stick.” The printed rules of the company contained this clause: “Cars must not be coupled by hand; sticks for the purpose long enough to prevent going between the cars…
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