Florida, Central & Peninsular Railroad v. Lucas
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Norwood. City court Savannah. May term, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
On October 17, 1896, the defendant in error filed her petition in the city court of Savannah, against the Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad Company, for $20,000.00 damages, which she claims to have resulted from an injury she received on May 11, 1896, while a passenger on the company’s train. She alleged that the injury was caused by the car in which the petitionér was seated becoming derailed and thrown from the track of the railroad at or near a station in the county *122of Chatham known as Anderson. In consequence of this derailment petitioner was hurt, and sustained great and serious…
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