Southern Railway Co. v. James
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Reece. City court of Floyd county. August 13, 1902.
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
It appenrs from the record that Saunders was the yardmaster, in East Rome, of the Southern Railway Company. He employed Ford as night watchman of the company, to look after the'property and interests of the company in the East Rome yards, and for the purpose of arresting trespassers who were stealing or attempting to steal rides on the trains of the company which passed through those yards. It was also the duty of Ford to attend the switch-lights in the yards. On the night of July 19 or 20, 1899, Ford caught James, the defendant in error, on the top of a box-car, it being the purpose of James…
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