Williams v. Western & Atlantic Railroad
Court of Appeals of Georgia
. Action for damages; from Eulton superior court—Judge Ellis. September 30, 1915. , ;
1Opinion of the CourtBloodworth, J.
Chester A. Williams, nineteen years of age, was killed by an explosion at a power-plant of the Western & Atlantic Kailroad Company, by which he was employed at the time as what is known as a “maintainer.” The first suit for this homicide was brought by Mrs. Jennie L. Williams, mother of the deceased. Demurrer was filed and sustained. • . In that ease the Supreme Court (142 Ga. 696, 83 S. E. 525) held: “Where suit was brought by a mother for the homicide of her son by a common carrier by railroad, the deceased son having been an employee of the railroad,'and a demurrer was filed to the…
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