Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Grady
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Evans. Washington superior court. December 21, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, P. J.
On March 31, 1897, a washout occurred on the line of the Central of Georgia Railway Company. One of its trains ran into the chasm thus occasioned, and Hugh Grady, the fireman ■on the locomotive, was seriously injured. He brought his action and ■obtained a verdict against the company for $7,000. Itisnowbefore this court upon exceptions to a judgment overruling its motion for .a new trial.
1. Two grounds of this motion assign error upon the court’s refusal to give in charge to the jury certain written requests of the defendant’s counsel. In each of them the occurrence under investigation was…
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