Weight v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.

B. M. Wright sued the Central of Georgia Bail-way Company for damages on account of personal injuries received by him by reason of the derailment of its train on which he was a passenger, traveling from Savannah, Georgia, to Bocky Ford, Georgia, on September 4, 1914. The defendant amended its original answer by pleading that the plaintiff, at the time of the injury, was traveling on an annual pass, issued to him as a railroad employee, pursuant to the act of Congress, approved June 29, 1906, known as the Hepburn act, and the amendments thereto, and in pursuance of the rules and orders of the…