Mills v. East Tenn., Va. & Ga. Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Nonsuit. Railroads. Master and servant. Negligence. Before Judge Marshall J. Clarke. Fulton superior court. September term, 1890. Reported in tbe decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Lumpkin, Justice.
George Lawshe, a flagman on a freight-train of the E. T., Y. & G. Ry. Co., whose duties were “on or about the rear end of the train,” was killed in a collision in the night-time, caused by the running of the engine of a passenger-train into the rear end of the freight-train. His widow, who is now Lula Mills, brought suit against the railway company for the killing of her husband, on the trial of which a nonsuit was granted by the court below, and this judgment is now before this court for review. The plaintiff’s evidence made substantially the following case: The accident…
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