Harrigan v. Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Negligence. Railroads. Verdict. Charge of court New trial. Before Judge Falligant. Chatham superior court. June term, 1889. Harrigan sued the railway company for damages. His evidence tended to show as follows: He was a carpenter and employed as such by the company about its shops, repairing and building cars, etc. It wás customary for carpenters to use the saws of the company in its mill-shop, and to use the particular saw by which he was hurt. He frequently worked on it.
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Negligence. Railroads. Verdict. Charge of court New trial. Before Judge Falligant. Chatham superior court. June term, 1889. Harrigan sued the railway company for damages. His evidence tended to show as follows: He was a carpenter and employed as such by the company about its shops, repairing and building cars, etc. It wás customary for carpenters to use the saws of the company in its mill-shop, and to use the particular saw by which he was hurt. He frequently worked on it. On the morning he was hurt he was working on a car, and in the line of his duty had to go and rip some strips at the…
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
This case has been tried three times before a jury, and upon each trial a verdict was returned in favor of the plaintiff'. The presiding judge granted a new trial from the first verdict, and upon the second verdict, refused to grant a new trial, and the case was brought here by bill of exceptions, and this court granted a new *804trial. 80 Ga. 602. After the third verdict, the judge who presided resigned, and another judge was appointed' in his place, and the latter granted a third new trial. The plaintiff excepted and brought the case here.
The main question argued here was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co. v. HarriganSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888
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