Augusta & Summerville Railroad v. Dorsey
Supreme Court of Georgia
Amendments. Abatement. Actions. Evidence. Witness. Damages. Negligence. Practice in Superior Court. Charge of Court. Verdict. Attorney and Client. Before Judge SNEAD. Richmond Superior Court. October Term, 1880. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Crawford, Justice.
George R. Dorsey sued the Augusta & Summerville Railroad Company, claiming $15,000.00 damages for injuries sustained, as he alleged, by reason of the unskillful, careless and negligent running of the engine and cars, in that by the said carelessness and negligence he was run over and his left leg so mashed and mangled that its amputation was necessary. That, as a consequence thereof, he suffered great bodily pain, and was put to large and heavy expenditures.
The defendant pleaded the general issue and a special plea, setting forth that plaintiff had been employed by the…
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