Wrightsville & Tennille Railroad v. Tompkins
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Sandersville — Judge Hawkins. December 3, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
1. This ease arose under the act of August 16, 1909 (Acts 1909, p. 160), now embodied in the Civil Code (1910), § 2782 et seq. This act relates to the liability of carriers by railroad for injuries to their employees, received in the course of the service, and is very similar to (though not absolutely identical with) the act of Congress on the same subject. Act of April 22, 1908, c. 149, 35 Stat. 65 (H. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1909, p. 1171). Hnder this act, as was true under the law of this State at the time the act was passed, employees of railroad companies may recover of their employers for…
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