Southern Railway Co. v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Fite. Gordon superior court. December 5, 1910. Taylor sued the Southern Bailway Company and Avery for personal injuries. There was a verdict for the plaintiff against both' defendants, whose motion for a new trial being overruled, they excepted.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Fite. Gordon superior court. December 5, 1910. Taylor sued the Southern Bailway Company and Avery for personal injuries. There was a verdict for the plaintiff against both' defendants, whose motion for a new trial being overruled, they excepted. Upon the trial the evidence submitted in behalf of the' plaintiff tended to show the following facts: The plaintiff was 45 . years old at the time he. was injured, was a bridge carpenter, and had been engaged in work as such for off and on about 20 years. Avery was superintending and directing the work in…
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) No complaint is made of any inherent weakness or other defect in the plank or the sills upon which it rested, or that the sills did not project sufficiently for the plank to have had a secure position upon them; but the whole complaint is merely that the plank, though loose, projected so far beyond the ends of the sills as to render it insecure, and when plaintiff rested his feet upon the outer edge it tilted, precipitating him and causing the injury. The plaintiff knew that the plank was not nailed, or otherwise fastened to the sills; in other words, that…
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