Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Edwards
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Seabrook. Effingham superior court. May term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.
It appeared from the petition of Edwards, who instituted an action to recover damages for a personal injury which he sustained, that he was an employee of the Central of Georgia Railway Company as brakeman on a freight-train at the time he received his injuries, which train consisted of an engine and about fifty freight-cars, besides one caboose. The plaintiff alleged that on the day he was injured the train was running forty minutes behind its schedule time, because of a defective driving-rod, and of the large number of cars which were attached to the engine; that, owing to its delayed…
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