Whitfield v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Cartersville — Judge Foute. March 23, 1909.
1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.
Whitfield sued for damages on account of personal injuries received by him while employed by the defendant company in the State of Tennessee. His petition makes substantially the following ease: He was employed as a common laborer on a work-train of the defendant, and on the day when his injuries were received he was at work in a crew loading rails on a flat car, under the direction and control of a foreman or boss. The work of loading rails is very dangerous, and requires the direction of an experienced foreman or boss. The point where the plaintiff and his fellow workmen were loading the…
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