Ferguson v. Columbus & Rome Railway
Supreme Court of Georgia
Evidence. Res Oestce. Railroads. Negligence. Non-suit. Before Judge Willis. Muscogee Superior Court. May Term, 18S5. Sarah Ferguson, as next friend of Isabel Ferguson, brought suit against the Columbus and Rome Railway for damages for a personal injury. The testimony on behalf of the plaintiff showed, in brief, as follows: The defendant’s turn-table, Avhich was located in its yard, in Columbus, Avas not locked or fastened.
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Evidence. Res Oestce. Railroads. Negligence. Non-suit. Before Judge Willis. Muscogee Superior Court. May Term, 18S5. Sarah Ferguson, as next friend of Isabel Ferguson, brought suit against the Columbus and Rome Railway for damages for a personal injury. The testimony on behalf of the plaintiff showed, in brief, as follows: The defendant’s turn-table, Avhich was located in its yard, in Columbus, Avas not locked or fastened. The yard belonged to the company and was used for railroad purposes. It was fenced in, but the gates were down, and people could pass through it. Quite a number of people…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
The plaintiff, an infant of ten years of age, instituted her suit against the defendant to recover damages for an injury she suffered by reason of its negligence in leaving the turn-table, belonging to its road, exposed in a public and frequented place in the city of Columbus, without enclosing it by a sufficient fence or securing it by locks or other fastenings. During the progress of the trial, she proposed to ask a witness who had reached the spot a few minutes after the injury occurred, and who had testified to circumstances tending to show that the turn-table was the…
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