Georgia Railroad v. Bryans
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroads. Damages. Negligence. Master and Servant. Evidence. Before S. H. Hardeman, Esq., Judge pro hac vice. Clarke Superior Court. April Term, 1886. Robert L. Bryans brought spit against the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company to recover $6,000 damages for the crushing of his right thumb while engaged in coupling cars for the company.
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Railroads. Damages. Negligence. Master and Servant. Evidence. Before S. H. Hardeman, Esq., Judge pro hac vice. Clarke Superior Court. April Term, 1886. Robert L. Bryans brought spit against the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company to recover $6,000 damages for the crushing of his right thumb while engaged in coupling cars for the company. Three grounds of negligence were alleged: (1) that the bumpers of the two cars were of uneven heights; (2) that the coupling-link was too short and of improper shape; [3) that the engineer backed the engine with too much speed. The evidence for the plaintiff…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
Two verdicts having been rendered in favor of the plaintiff, the court refused to set aside the last and grant a new trial upon any of the grounds set out in the motion therefor. This was an action by an employé of the defendant, the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company, to recover damages for an injury sustained by him in coupling its- cars. In the performance of this duty, a portion of one of his thumbs was so mashed and crushed thatithad to be amputated, as he alleges, and as he seems to have proved, at least to the satisfaction of two juries, without any fauit or negligence…
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