Williams v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Felton. Houston superior court. April 18, 1902. cited, as to the validity of the stipulation in question, Gulf etc. R. Co. v. Wilhelm, 3 Tex. Civ. App. 457; 5 Am. &. Eng. Ene. L. (2d ed.) 432. cited Civil Code, § 2276; 66 Ga. 438,485; 73 Ga. 722; 76 Ga. 253; 110 Ga. 661; 115 Ga. 705; 53 Atl. 864; 12 Fed. Cas. 1066.
1Opinion of the CourtFish, J.
Williams sued the Central of Georgia Railway Company for damages for the loss of a mule. The petition alleged that the death of the mule was caused by the negligence of the defendant ; that the injury from which its death resulted was occasioned by a defect in the car in which it was being transported from Atlanta to Fort Yalley, “ the defect consisting in a crack in the car in which the mule got his foot fastened.” Upon the trial the plaintiff put in evidence a written contract, signed by himself and the agent of the defendant, wherein the plaintiff agreed, in considera*831tion of a reduced…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cooper v. Raleigh & Gaston RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
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