Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. Grant
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroads. Contractors. Liability to sub-contractors. Running of cars. Before Judge Cole. Bibb Superior Court. October Term, 1871. Lewis Grant and Patrick O’Hara brought sepai’ate actions on the case against the Central Railroad aud Banking Company for injuries sustained. The two oases were heard together in the Superior and Supreme Courts. The defendant pleaded not guilty.
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Railroads. Contractors. Liability to sub-contractors. Running of cars. Before Judge Cole. Bibb Superior Court. October Term, 1871. Lewis Grant and Patrick O’Hara brought sepai’ate actions on the case against the Central Railroad aud Banking Company for injuries sustained. The two oases were heard together in the Superior and Supreme Courts. The defendant pleaded not guilty. It appeared from the evidence that plaintiffs were employed by a Mr. Names, as overseer of a gang of men; that plaintiffs were engaged in filling in an embankment with a dirt car when the accident happened; that the dirt…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This was an action brought by the plaintiffs against the defendant to recover damages for injuries done to them by the running of the cars of defendant, under the 2979th section of the Code. It appears from the evidence in the record that the defendant made a contract with one Names to fill up an embankment in East Macon for twenty cents per yard, the defendant to furnish track, trestle, ears, mules and driver. Names employed the plaintiffs to work on the embankment; the mules, car and driver were under the immediate control and direction of Names, the contractor, and…
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