Pensacola & Georgia Railroad v. Nash

This was an action commenced, in Leon Circuit Court in 1860. The declaration contained three counts. The first count alleges that the plaintiff was possessed of a valuable slave named Jackson, of the value of $2000, and that Jackson was employed on the trains of the railroad of defendant, and that the. agents and servants of the defendant so carelessly and improperly drove and managed the train and locomotive of defendant, that through the carelessness, negligence, and improper conduct of defendant, by its servant, the .train was run over the slave, and crushed and broke his leg, from which…