Georgia Southern & Florida Ry. Co. v. Jossey
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint — appeal. Before Judge Felton. Bibb superior court. November term, 1897.
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
Jossey sued the Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Company upon an account for services rendered as baggage-master and flagman. The defendant admitted that it became indebted to the plaintiff as alleged, but pleaded as a set-off that plaintiff was due it a sum larger than the amount sued for, by *272reason of the fact that while in the employment of the defendant as baggage-master, plaintiff was intrusted with the trunk of a passenger to be delivered at Sparks, a place on the defendant’s line of road, and by reason of his negligence the trunk was not delivered at Sparks, but was carried on and…
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