Central Railroad v. Brinson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Torts. Railroads. Minors. Parent and child. Damages. Before Judge Snead. Burke Superior Court. November Adjourned Term, 1878. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Crawford, Justice.
The Centra] Railroad and Banking Company was sued, by James Brinson, as next friend of Jefferson Brinson, to recover damages for the careless ..running of its train of cars over him, whereby he lost his right foot. To this suit was filed the plea of the general issue of not guilty, and a special plea in bar which was, that James Brinson, the father of the plaintiff, had- brought his individual suit for the same cause of action, and for the same injury which was then pending and undetermined in .the same court., On motion of plaintiff’s counsel, this, special plea was…
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