Atlanta & West Point Railroad v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroads. Damages. Negligence. Evidence. Charge •of Court. Master and servant. New Trial. Before Judge Clark. City Court of Atlanta. June Term, 1880. Johnson sued the Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company for a personal injury.
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Railroads. Damages. Negligence. Evidence. Charge •of Court. Master and servant. New Trial. Before Judge Clark. City Court of Atlanta. June Term, 1880. Johnson sued the Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company for a personal injury. He alleged as follows : ■On the 18th of September, 1877, he was employed as a train-hand on the way-freight trains of said company, and while certain cars were being shifted from one track to .another at LaGrange, Ga., the conductor, who had the power to do so, under the rules of the company, ordered him to couple a box car to a flat car loaded with lumber. In doing…
1Opinion of the Court
Crawford, Justice.
This was a suit brought by Allen Johnson to recover damages from the Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company for a permanent injury sustained by him in the loss of his left hand; also the expense of nursing, medicine, physician’s bill, loss of time, and the pain and suffering endured, which, as alleged, was caused by the agents of said company, and without fault on his part.
The jury, upon the trial of the case, gave him $5,250.00 damages. The defendant made a motion for a new trial which the court refused, and this refusal is alleged, as error.
1, 2. The two first grounds of…
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