Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. Goldwire

Bleckley, Judge.

Goldwire, the plaintiff below, was injured while coupling the cars, in the line of his duty, as “train hand” in the employment of the railroad company. The jury rendered a verdict in his favor for $2,000 00 damages. The company moved for a new trial, the grounds of the motion being that the verdict was contrary to evidence and to the charge of the court. The motion was overruled.

1. The injury, if imputable to the company at all, was caused by the negligence of the conductor or the engineer (one or both) engaged upon the same train of cars, and therefore about the same business…