Atkinson v. Swords
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Fitzgerald — Judge Wall. January 1, 1912.
1Opinion of the CourtPottle, J.
This was an action for personal injuries, brought against the receiver appointed by a United States circuit court for the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad Company. The plaintifE alleged, that he was employed as a switchman by the defendant, and that, while attempting to open the knuckle of the automatic coupler on an'engine, he fell from the pilot on which he was standing, under the front of the engine; that he clung to the pilot and was dragged twelve or fifteen feet, when he attempted to throw himself from the track to avoid catching his clothing on a protruding switchpoint which…
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