Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. Wood
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Richard H. Clark. DeKalb superior court. August term, 1893.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
Anna Wood, a girl twelve years of age, was struck and injured by a stone thrown from a train of cars by an employee of the railroad company, and her father, as next friend, sued the company in her behalf for damages, and sued in his own behalf for the loss of her services. The cases were consolidated and tried together, and a verdict was rendered in each case in favor of the plaintiff. The railroad company made a motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and it excepted.
It appeared from the evidence that on the day of the injury, as the defendant’s train was leaving Stone…
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