East Tenn., Va. & Ga. Railway Co. v. Suddeth
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroads. Master and servant. Negligence. Jurisdiction. Practice. Waiver. Before Judge Milner. Gordon superior court. February term, 1890. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
1. Not even the faintest tinge of a presumption was raised against the company in respect to the lamp. On that subject the plaintiff testified as follows : “After setting switch, I signalled the engine ahead. This is done by raising lamp up and down. This I did in the usual way. In making signal my lamp went out. Defendant furnished me with this lamp; it was in the caboose when I went to work.” The only act of the company proved by this testimony is the furnishing of the lamp. Who filled it with illuminating material, trimmed it and lighted it, does not appear. Nor…
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