Jackson v. Merchants & Miners Transportation Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Norwood. City court of Savannah. December 29, 1902.
1Opinion of the CourtFish, P. J.
Abraham Jackson brought his action for damages, for personal injuries, against the Merchants and Miners Transportation Company. The case is here upon a bill of exceptions sued! out by the plaintiff, assigning error upon the granting of a nonsuit. The petition alleged, in substance, that plaintiff was an employee-of defendant, and at the time of receiving the injury, about seven-o’clock a. m., was engaged in the hold of one of defendant’s ships, assisting in storing away lumber; that immediately above the place-where he was at work was an open hatchway through which lumber and other freight…
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