Southern Railway Co. v. Decker
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages, from city court of Fayetteville — Judge Hollingsworth. March 9, 1908. The defendant in error, as the administratrix of her husband, Nathan E. Decker, filed her suit for the homicide of her husband, which occurred in the State of Alabama on April 16,1907. She obtained a verdict for $12,000; and the case comes here on exception to the overruling of a motion for new trial.
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Action for damages, from city court of Fayetteville — Judge Hollingsworth. March 9, 1908. The defendant in error, as the administratrix of her husband, Nathan E. Decker, filed her suit for the homicide of her husband, which occurred in the State of Alabama on April 16,1907. She obtained a verdict for $12,000; and the case comes here on exception to the overruling of a motion for new trial. Upon the trial it appeared that on April 15, 1907, Decker made - application to the Southern Bailway Company for employment as a locomotive engineer. He was not employed; but a permit was granted him in the…
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. Initially in the case arises a question of private international law, raised by the contention of the plaintiff in error that the courts of this State Avill not give juridic recognition and enforcement to the Alabama statute on which this suit is based, — section 27 of the Code of Alabama, which is a mere codification of the substantial provisions of a statute enacted by the General Assembly of that State and approved February 5, 1872. As to the identity of this statute and the code section, see R. & D. R. Co. v. Freeman, 97 Ala. 289 (11 So. 802). This…
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