Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co. v. Chaney

Chaney sued the railway company for damages on account of personal injuries alleged to have been occasioned by his being struck from behind by a moving car propelled by a locomotive of the defendant while he was walking between its lines of tracks on his way to its roundhouse, at which place he was employed as a laborer of the defendant. He also alleged that the defendant was negligent in running into him and in not warning him of the approach of the car. The case came to this court upon exceptions to the overruling of a general demurrer to the declaration, and the judgment of the court below…