Atlanta & West Point Railroad v. Smith

Lumpkin, Justice.

The plaintiff', a youth about seventeen years of age, and an employee of the defendant in the capacity of train-hand, while endeavoring to couple two cars, received an injury resulting in the loss of his right arm. On the trial, the jury returned a verdict in his favor for seven thousand dollars. The defendant’s motion for a new trial contained a large number of grounds. We will not attempt to discuss all of them, but have endeavored to condense in the head-notes the principles of law applicable to the case upon all the material questions in controversy. The recovery was very…