Charleston & Western Carolina Railway Co. v. Johnson
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages, from city conrt of Richmond county — • Judge Eve. January 5, 1907.
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
The allegations of the petition as amended may be briefly stated as follows: The plaintiff, a negro boy eleven years of age, of-average intelligence, with several companions of. similar age, was standing near the track where a railroad crew were engaged in switching a freight-train. The switchman told them that if they would turn the switch for him they might ride on one of the cars. They turned the switch and then got upon an oil-tank car and perched themselves along the narrow margin left between the tank and the edge of the car. After backing a considerable distance the engineer suddenly…
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