Savannah Electric Co. v. McClelland
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Cann. Chatham superior court. July 7, 1906. : 1 McClelland brought suit against the Savannah Electric Company, to recover damages for.personal injuries alleged to have been sustained because of the negligente .of. its employees in the operation of its cars.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Cann. Chatham superior court. July 7, 1906. : 1 McClelland brought suit against the Savannah Electric Company, to recover damages for.personal injuries alleged to have been sustained because of the negligente .of. its employees in the operation of its cars. The petition .alleges, .that .the plaintiff presented himself at the usual place for boarding the cars, of the defendant, with the bona fide intention of becoming.a passenger on one of its cars; that “car number 51 . . came along, going in a northerly direction on said West Broad Street, and he signaled it…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
(After- stating the facts.) It is complained, in the motion for new trial, that the court, in its instructions to the jury, charged as follows: “If find that the plaintiff gave proper notice to the street-car employees of his desire to become a pas-, senger upon the car in question and that the said car was, in consequence thereof, arrested as if it were going to stop, or did actually stop, by an act of the employee of the defendant, and that then the plaintiff endeavored to get upon said car, then the plaintiff, while so -endeavoring to get on said car, was a passenger under the care of the…
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