Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. Nash
Supreme Court of Georgia
Practice. Evidence. Eailroads. Negligence. Charge of court. Verdict. Before Judge Van Epps. City court of Atlanta. March term, 1888. Mrs. Georgia Nash sued the railroad company for damages for the homicide of her husband. On the trial she proved that her husband, at the time of his death, was a car-coupler for defendant at $45 per month.
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Practice. Evidence. Eailroads. Negligence. Charge of court. Verdict. Before Judge Van Epps. City court of Atlanta. March term, 1888. Mrs. Georgia Nash sued the railroad company for damages for the homicide of her husband. On the trial she proved that her husband, at the time of his death, was a car-coupler for defendant at $45 per month. They had four children, and he was thirty-eight years old, was sober and industrious, and allowed his family three-fourths of his earnings, using the remainder for his personal expenses. He used little whiskey and tobacco, and his yearly expenses for clothes…
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
Mrs. Nash brought suit against the railroad company for the homicide of her husband. She alleged that her husband, who was a car-coupler in the employment of the defendant, was killed, while engaged in the dis*584charge of his duties, by the negligence and carelessness of the company’s servants. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, and the defendant made a motion for a new trial, upon the several grounds set out. therein, which was overruled by the court, and it excepted.
1. The first grouxxd alleged, as error, that the court permitted the plaixxtiff, after she had…
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