Pelham & Havana Railroad v. Elliott
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Cairo — Judge Singletary. June 15, 1911.
1Opinion of the CourtRussell, J.
A. C. Elliott brought suit against the Pelham & Havana Railroad Company, alleging, that while in the discharge of his duty as a conductor on one of the company’s trains on December 3, 1909, he was compelled to ride on the top of a car, because there was no caboose; that the car became derailed, and *622turned over, throwing him from the top of the car to the ground, wrenching his ankle and knee, and tearing and bruising the muscles and nerves of his spine; that his capacity to labor was thereby entirely destroyed, and that he had suffered and always would suffer great pain; that he was 37 years…
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