Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Williams

Williams brought suit against the railway . - company for damages. He alleged that he was a servant of the , - company, employed to “ truck cotton ” on the platform of a -compress; and that by reason of the defective construction of , the platform and a want of repairs, it fell and he was thereby . injured. The company pleaded that Williams was not its serv- .. ant, and that it was not in possession or control of the compress . or platform at the time of the injury; that the compress and ; platform had been leased by the old Central R. R. & Bkg. Co. to' . one Whitesides, and that when this…