Black v. Middle Georgia & Atlantic Ry. Co.

Mrs. Sarah O. Black instituted in Putnam superior court an action against the Middle Georgia and Atlantic Railway Company, to recover damages for the homicide of her minor son, James Rlack, which she alleged was occasioned by the negligent handling and operation of the defendant’s cars. In her petition she alleged that, by the consent of her husband, her minor son, James Black, on the 19th day of February, 1896, was employed by the company, through its track-foreman, Frank Newman, to assist in loading a pole or hand car with rock and in hauling same from a field near by to what is known as…