Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad v. George
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Atlanta — Judge Reid. October 27, 1911. The plaintiff brought his action by attachment in the city court of Atlanta, claiming damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by him while in the defendant’s employment as a locomotive engineer in the State of Alabama.
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Action for damages; from city court of Atlanta — Judge Reid. October 27, 1911. The plaintiff brought his action by attachment in the city court of Atlanta, claiming damages for personal injuries alleged to have been received by him while in the defendant’s employment as a locomotive engineer in the State of Alabama. The plaintiff pleaded, as the basis of his right to recover, § 3910 of the Code of Alabama of 1907. That section provides that when a personal injury is received by a servant in the service or business of his master, the master is liable in damages to the servant, as if he were a…
1Opinion of the CourtPottle, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. Both in the trial court and in this court the' plaintiff in error, in support of its plea that the action could not be maintained, because of the provisions of § 6115 of the Code of Alabama of 1907, invoked article 4, section 1, of the constitution of the United States, which is in the following language: “Full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other State; and the Congress may, by general laws, prescribe the manner in .which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved,…
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