Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Moore
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Gober. Cobb superior court. March term, 1893.
1Opinion of the Court
Mrs. Moore sued the railroad company for the homicide of her husband while in its service as a brakeman upon a freight-train, by the breaking of a brake-rod and wheel attached thereto, which he was turning to ■check speed of the train, whereby he was precipitated *459to the ground and killed. She alleged that the brake-wheel and rod were defective, unsound and improperly fastened, which was known to defendant and unknown to Moore. She obtained a verdict for $8,000, and defendant’s motion for a new trial was overruled. The grounds of the motion, which are material to this report, are so apparent…
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