Augusta Factory v. Barnes
Supreme Court of Georgia
Master and Servant. Parent and Child. Damages. Negligence. Principal and Agent. Non-suit. Res gestae. Pleadings. Evidence. Before Judge Roney. Richmond Superior Court. October Term, 1883, C. G. Barnes brought suit against the Augusta Factory to recover damages for an injury to his minor daughter, . which it was alleged resulted in her death. The evidence for the plaintiff was, in brief, as follows : Anna E. Barnes, the daughter of plaintiff, was fourteen years of age.
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Master and Servant. Parent and Child. Damages. Negligence. Principal and Agent. Non-suit. Res gestae. Pleadings. Evidence. Before Judge Roney. Richmond Superior Court. October Term, 1883, C. G. Barnes brought suit against the Augusta Factory to recover damages for an injury to his minor daughter, . which it was alleged resulted in her death. The evidence for the plaintiff was, in brief, as follows : Anna E. Barnes, the daughter of plaintiff, was fourteen years of age. She ivas employed by defendant. Cason was the second hand in the spinning room. This room was divided into sections, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
This action was brought by the plaintiff to recover compensation for loss of the services of his minor daughter, who was so seriously injured while in the employment of defendant, by the carelessness, inattention and negligence of its agent, as to occasion her death. The trial resulted in a verdict of $1,000 for the plaintiff, and a motion for a new trial was made on various grounds, and refused. The judgment refusing this new trial is here upon bill of exceptions and writ of error for review.
I. The judge instructed the jury that this was a case in which they might give…
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