Seaboard Air-Line Railway v. Smith
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages, from city court of Reidsville — Judge Morgan. April 8, 1907.
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
Mary Smith sued the Seaboard Air-Line Railway for the homicide of her unmarried and childless son, Hamp Smith, who supported, her. In her original petition she alleged, that the deceased was a passenger on a train of the defendant company-*2from Savannah to Claxton, Georgia, that he was asleep when Claxton was reached, and was carried beyond his station; that the conductor, when he discovered his presence, aroused the deceased, carried him to the rear end of the coach, and threw him off, while the train was going rapidly, whereby the deceased came to his death. This was alleged to have taken…
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