Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Hudson
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Eiehmond county— Judge W. E. Eve. Hudson was a night yard-conductor of the Charleston & Western Carolina Eailway Company, whose duty it was, among others, to receive cars delivered by a connecting carrier to the railroad.
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Action for damages; from city court of Eiehmond county— Judge W. E. Eve. Hudson was a night yard-conductor of the Charleston & Western Carolina Eailway Company, whose duty it was, among others, to receive cars delivered by a connecting carrier to the railroad. Jackson was a night engineer, employed by the defendant railroad companies, to wit, the Louisville & Nashville Eailroad Company and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, as lessees, and it was his duty among others, to deliver the ears.of his employer to the Charleston & Western Carolina Railway Company. On November 1, 1909, at…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The courts generally have found some difficulty in holding the master liable for a homicide intentionally committed by his servant, in the absence of any express command on the part of the master, and the majority of adjudications seem to favor the theory that in the ab- • sence of express authority the master is not liable in damages for a deliberate, intentional, and wilful homicide committed by his servant. 1 Thomp. Neg. § 571. But, whatever may be the adjudications in. other jurisdictions on this subject, it is settled by the statute law of this State…
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