Countryman v. East Tenn., Va. & Ga. Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroad employee. Negligence. Nonsuit. Before Judge Meyerhardt. City court of Eloyd county. September term, 1891. Countryman sued the railroad company for damages. A nonsuit vyas granted, and he excepted. His testimony tended to show the following: He was caller at the railroad depot in East Rome. His duties were to wake up conductors, brakemen and firemen when they were needed and were not at their places.
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Railroad employee. Negligence. Nonsuit. Before Judge Meyerhardt. City court of Eloyd county. September term, 1891. Countryman sued the railroad company for damages. A nonsuit vyas granted, and he excepted. His testimony tended to show the following: He was caller at the railroad depot in East Rome. His duties were to wake up conductors, brakemen and firemen when they were needed and were not at their places. Occasionally he carried dispatches from the telegraph office to the railroad authorities. He was working under Lloyd, the night yard-master for the defendant.' On the night of August 31,…
1Opinion of the Court
*835 Judgment affirmed,.
■Wright & Harris, for plaintiff. Dorsey, Brewster & Howell and McOutchbn & Shumate, for defendant.
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