Seaboard Air-Line Railway v. Vaughn
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Americus—Judge Harper. April 17, 1916.
1Opinion of the CourtBloodworth, J.
Defendant in error, S.’E. Vaughn, showed, by his petition, that he was employed by the Seaboard Air-Line Bailway, in the capacity of engine and tender carpenter at the round-house in Americus;'that while in the discharge of his duty as such carpenter he went under the tender of an engine to do some repair work on the safety chain attached to the brake-beam, near the rear trucks of the tender, and while engaged in this work the engine was moved by the hostler and his left hand was caught under one of the rear wheels, and his thumb and first finger were mashed off, that the flesh on the palm…
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