Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Railway v. Ray
Supreme Court of Georgia
Bailroads. Damages. Negligence. Master and Servant. Before Judge Clark. City Court of Atlanta. December Term, 1881. Beported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Crawford, Justice.
Samuel C. Bay, the defendant in error, was employed as a flagman by the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Bailroad Company, to run on its passenger train from Atlanta, Georgia, to Charlotte, North Carolina, and back. Whilst so employed and engaged in its service, near Gaffney City, South Carolina, the train ran off, and the car in which he was riding was thrown down an embankment, and the stove, which had fire in it, turned over upon him, and he was severely injured.
He brought this suit to recover damages from the company, because of its negligence and carelessness in not…
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