Thompson v. Central Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
New trial. Actions. Abatement. Before Judge Tompkins. Chatham Superior Court. May Term, 1816. To the report contained in the opinion it is only necessary to add the following: Thompson, an employee, brought case against the Central Railroad for an alleged injury resulting from the negligence of other employees of the road.
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New trial. Actions. Abatement. Before Judge Tompkins. Chatham Superior Court. May Term, 1816. To the report contained in the opinion it is only necessary to add the following: Thompson, an employee, brought case against the Central Railroad for an alleged injury resulting from the negligence of other employees of the road. The evidence showed that he was beside the track, engaged in coupling cars; that four men, in the employment of the company, came along the track, carrying a heavy iron bar; and that they let it fall on plaintiff ’s shoulder, he being on a slightly lower level than they.…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Judge.
This case was before this court before — reported in 54 Ga,., 509. The court below had granted a non-suit because Thompson was not injured by the running of the trains — the proof being that he was injured' by certain employees of the company letting fall upon him a bar of iron, when he was also an employee (a switchman), but wholly disconnected with the moving the iron by the employees who hurt him; though all were at work in the same yard of the company. This court reversed the judgment of non-suit, holding that the company was liable if their employees were at fault, and…
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