Georgia Pacific Railway Co. v. Brooks

The action is brought by appellee to recover damages for an injury suffered while a workman in the service of the appellant. Plaintiff’s counsel admit that the suit is instituted and the complaint framed, under. the first sub-division of section one of the act of February 12, 1885, entitled an act “To define the liabilities of employers of workmen for injuries received by the workman while in ■the service of the employer,” which with some verbal changes, constitutes section 2590 of Code 188G. In order to maintain the action the plaintiff must bring himself within the purview of the act. By…