Smith v. City of Rome
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Floyd county — Judge Eeece. June 4, 1914.
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, J.
The plaintiff in error, Frank Smith, brought an action for damages against the City of Eome, averring in his petition that on November 6, 1912, while confined in the chain-gang of the city, and compelled by the authorities to work in the rock-*97quarry of the municipality, he was directed by the boss of the chain-gang to do certain work, in common with two other convicts, in drilling holes in the rock, for blasting; that he was compelled to hold a certain steel drill, some two and a half or three feet long, while the two other convicts struck upon the top of this drill with large hammers, and…
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