Savannah, Thunderbolt & Isle of Hope Railway v. Williams
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damáges. Before Judge Norwood. City Court of Savannah. February 6, 1902. Williams sued the railway company for damages on account of personal injuries.
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Action for damáges. Before Judge Norwood. City Court of Savannah. February 6, 1902. Williams sued the railway company for damages on account of personal injuries. From the petition it appeared that he was one of several laborers engaged, as employees of the defendant, in hauling lumber with its cars from its power-house to its shops ; and that while he was attempting, in obedience to the direction of the employee in charge of the work, to remove some of the lumber that had fallen on the railroad track, his fellow-workmen who were unloading the car threw from the car a. piece of lumber which…
1Opinion of the CourtLamar, J.
The sole question in this case is whether a street-railroad company is a “railroad company” within the meaning of the Civil Code, §§ 2297, 2323, making railroad companies liable to one servant for injuries inflicted by a fellow-servant. The importance of the question, the fact that it has never been directly decided by this court, that the decisions outside of this State are in some conflict, and that the courts of Texas and Minnesota have reached a conclusion different from ours, make it proper to refer to the authorities at some length. We think the conflict is more apparent than real, and…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Ellington v. Beaver Dam Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1893
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- Cooper v. MullinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1860
- City & Suburban Railway v. FindleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1886
- Henderson v. WalkerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1875
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