Lynch v. Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Seabrook. Effingham superior court. November 12,1900. The plaintiff testified: On December 17, 1898, I was at Rincon, a station on the railroad of the defendant company, engaged in loading wood on cars which had been sent by the company to me, so that I might ship my wood to Savannah. I was loading at a point about thirty feet north of the warehouse.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Seabrook. Effingham superior court. November 12,1900. The plaintiff testified: On December 17, 1898, I was at Rincon, a station on the railroad of the defendant company, engaged in loading wood on cars which had been sent by the company to me, so that I might ship my wood to Savannah. I was loading at a point about thirty feet north of the warehouse. It had been customary to haul wood and put it on an embankment, and then pitch it into the cars. It was about twenty feet from edge of embankment to car door. I had driven my team between embankment and door, and…
1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.
It can not be denied that the plaintiff was very imprudent, in his actions towards the agent of the defendant, in refusing to obey Ms instructions in reference to driving in the cut with his loaded wagon; and it is apparent from the evidence that he drew the difficulty, in which he was injured, upon Mmself. The station agent presumably represented the railroad company in an attempt to enforce against the plaintiff certain regulations in relation to the loading of cars, which the agent claimed existed. It was, as will be seen from the report of the evidence, a reprehensible act on the part of…
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