Middle Georgia & Atlantic Railroad v. Reynolds
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Hart. Putnam superior court. September term, 1895. James Reynolds, as next friend of bis minor son "William, sued the railroad company for damages, alleging; On April 19, 1891, defendant’s engine struck said minor, knocking him violently from the track, breaking the thigh bone of one of his legs, lacerating his head and face, injuring his spinal column and body; in consequence of which he suffered excruciating pain for many weeks, his health…
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Action for damages. Before Judge Hart. Putnam superior court. September term, 1895. James Reynolds, as next friend of bis minor son "William, sued the railroad company for damages, alleging; On April 19, 1891, defendant’s engine struck said minor, knocking him violently from the track, breaking the thigh bone of one of his legs, lacerating his head and face, injuring his spinal column and body; in consequence of which he suffered excruciating pain for many weeks, his health has been permanently impaired, his body disfigured, and his capacity to earn money in after life been diminished one…
1Opinion of the Court
Atkinson, J
1. That the court on the trial o>f an action for personal injuries rejected evidence offered by the defendant to show that certain bandages were removed from a broken limb of the plaintiff a week sooner than the attending physician had directed, is not cause for a new trial, “the defendant contending” that had the bandages remained another week, the pain' and suffering of the patient would have been materially less*639ened, but not offering to prove affirmatively that such would have been the result.
November 9, 1896. Argued at the last term. Action for damages. Before Judge Hart.…
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