Womack v. Central Railroad & Banking Co.

Simmons, Justice.

Womack filed his suit for damages in the city court of Macon, against the Central Railroad Company, for $10,000. He alleged, that “ on the 19th of June, 1886, said company did, by carelessly and negligently running its trains by its agents in said county of Bibb, run its cars over petitioner’s wife, Sophia Womack, and thereby did wound and injure said Sophia; from which wounds his said wife, Sophia, died, and without any fault or negligence on her part.” He further alleged, that “ by said company’s careless act in running its train, he was deprived of the society and…