Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Ray
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Felton. Bibb superior court. January 7, 1907. Mrs. Emma Bay brought her action for damages against the Central of Georgia Eailway Company for the negligent killing of her husband; and the jury returned a verdict in her favor.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Felton. Bibb superior court. January 7, 1907. Mrs. Emma Bay brought her action for damages against the Central of Georgia Eailway Company for the negligent killing of her husband; and the jury returned a verdict in her favor. Her petition alleged, that her husband was, at the time he was, killed, in the employment of the railway company, and engaged in work with an engine used at the time in switching cars in the yards of the company at Macon, Georgia. It was his duty to go with the engine and change the switches, that the engine might pass from one track to…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
(After stating the facts.) In the amendment to the petition it was alleged that the engine which killed the plaintiff’s husband was .so constructed that it was impossible for the employees running the engine backwards to keep a lookout, or *352observe the track, because the tender was so high and wide that it completely obstructed and shut out the view of the track from those in charge of the engine, and made it impossible for them to see any one upon the track in the rear of the tender, when the engine was being run backwards. From the instruction given on this feature of the plaintiff’s case it…
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