Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Mosely

Mosely brought suit in the city court of Macon against the Central of Georgia Railway Company, for damages on account of personal injuries alleged to have been sustained through the negligence of the defendant’s servants. The petition alleged that the plaintiff, who was an employee of the defendant, engaged in'switching and coupling freight-cars in its yards, was directed by another employee, to whose orders he was subject, to couple a moving freight-car, which had been “kicked” upon a side-track, to a stationary car; that, in obedience to these directions, he went behind the slowly moving…