Whitton v. South Carolina & Ga. R. R.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Eve. City court of Richmond county. March term, 1898.
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
Mrs. "Whitton sued the South Carolina and Georgia Railroad Company for damages for the homicide of her husband. Upon the close of the evidence for the plaintiff, the trial judge granted a nonsuit, to which the plaintiff excepted. "Whitton, the husband, was the conductor of a construction-train. This train was made up for the purpose of removing wreckage from the line of the railroad. In making it up, there was one car which had no bumper or drawhead at one end, and which was .attached to another car by means of a chain. The train went upon a trip and returned to the city of Augusta, Georgia,…
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