Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. Smith
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroads. Negligence. Freight-trains. Passengers. Charge of court. Evidence. Before Judge Harden. City court of Savannah.
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Railroads. Negligence. Freight-trains. Passengers. Charge of court. Evidence. Before Judge Harden. City court of Savannah. July term, 1887. In addition to the report contained in the decision, it is necessary to state only the following : The plaintiff testified; among other things, that from his fall his nervous system received such a shock that he expected never to get over it; that one of his testicles was much swollen, causing him great pain, and continued to grow smaller and smaller until it had become almost nothing, and he considered it entirely lost; and that for a time he lost…
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
Smith brought suit against the Central Railroad and Banking Company for damages; wherein he alleged that he made a contract with the defendant whereby it agreed to carry him safely, for a certain sum of money, from station number 6 on its road to the city of Savannah, on a freight-train; and that upon arriving at his destination, the train was stopped, so that the car upon which he was riding was carelessly and negligently placed in close proximity to a dangerous and exposed pitfall or retaining wall, in the dark and without a light; that this wall was twenty feet high from…
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