Macon, Dublin & Savannah Railroad v. Moore
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Smith. Twiggs superior court. April term, 1895. Mrs. Moore and her husband brought suit -against the railroad company for damages claimed to have resulted from personal injuries she sustained from the negligence of defendant’s servants in the management of a train upon which she was a passenger.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Smith. Twiggs superior court. April term, 1895. Mrs. Moore and her husband brought suit -against the railroad company for damages claimed to have resulted from personal injuries she sustained from the negligence of defendant’s servants in the management of a train upon which she was a passenger. They alleged that in August, 1893, -after having purchased a ticket -at a station on defendant’s railroad, she entered the passenger car of a train as soon as it stopped, and was proceeding to a seat,when, without fault on her part and by the gross carelessness of the…
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
1. On the trial of an action for personal injuries alleged to be permanent, the mortality tables are not proper evidence and instructions as to their use are inappropriate unless there be some evidence as to the value of the plaintiff’s services or capacity to earn money. In the present case there was sufficient proof as to the plaintiff’s age and as to the nature of her services to render the tables admissible, but there was no proof as to value.
2. The present value of prospective earnings through a series of years cannot properly he arrived at by ascertaining the entire amount and deducting…
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- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1926
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