Jarrett v. Atlanta & West Point Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroads. Negligence. Nonsuit. Amendment. Practice in superior court. Before Judge Van Epps. City court of Atlanta. December term, 1888. The official report is embodied in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
By his original declaration, the plaintiff alleged as follows : He was an employe of the Richmond & Dan-ville Railroad Company, whose line terminated in Atlanta. He boarded one of the passenger-trains of the Atlanta & West Point Railroad Company at the passenger-depot, the starting point, for the purpose of going to the freight-depot of the Central railroad at the Mitchell street crossing. He did so with the consent of the Atlanta & West Point company, it being the custom of that and the other railroad companies terminating in Atlanta to permit the employés of each other to…
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