Smith v. Seaboard Air-Line Railway
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Savannah — Judge Davis Freeman. July 10, 1915. •
1Opinion of the Court
"Wade, O. J.
The plaintiff sued the Seaboard Air-Line Railway and J. H. Featherstone, alleging that he was employed by the *400railway company as a.brakeman, under its conductor, Feather-stone; that in the discharge of his duty he undertook to apply brakes to stop a car “kicked” into a side-track, and thus to prevent it from bumping into another car standing on that track; that he failed, through no fault on his part, to stop it in time to accomplish. this purpose; that the said conductor thereupon discharged him from the employ of the railway company and directed him to go to the cab and get his…
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