Krogg v. Atlanta & West Point Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
Evidence. Master and Servant. Railroads. Principal and Agent. Comity of States. Statute of Limitations. Charge of Court. Construction. Before Judge' Yan Epps. City Court of Atlanta. June Term, 1886. Fred.
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Evidence. Master and Servant. Railroads. Principal and Agent. Comity of States. Statute of Limitations. Charge of Court. Construction. Before Judge' Yan Epps. City Court of Atlanta. June Term, 1886. Fred. Krogg brought an action for damages against the Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company and the Western Railway of Alabama, alleging, in brief, as follows: In 1882, he was employed in Atlanta by the defendants jointly as a locomotive engineer to run between Atlanta and Montgomery on the line formed by the roads of the two defendants. While thus running, on March 2,1883, his engine was thrown…
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
1. The question presented by the original bill of exceptions and record is, was the court right in granting a new trial upon the ground alone of the admission of the statements. of Cecil Gabbett in evidence against the defendants ? One of these statements was, when Gabbett was at West Point asleep upon the train en route to Montgomery, he was informed by the conductor of that train that Krogg’s train had been wrecked, and of the place where it had been wrecked. Gabbett remarked, “ that he had told the road-master that those curves were too high.” Gabbett was the general…
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