Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. James
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Sheffield. Early superior court. October 8, 1902. cited 71 Ga. 61; 87 Ga. 463; 91 Ga. 377; 110 Ga. 659; 115 Ga. 361, 705; 75 Ga. 786; 113 Ga. 514; Civil Code, §§ 3019, 3021, 3032, 5243; 112 U. S. 331, 28 L. ed. 717; 6 Cyc. 400. cited Civil Code, § 2896; 66 Ga. 492; 88 Ga. 813 ; 93 Ga. 810 ; 95 Ga. 452; 110 Ga. 659 ; 36 Ga. 646; 5 Am. & Eng. Ene. L. (2d ed.) 458.
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
An action for damages was brought by D. W. James against the Central of Georgia Railway Company, the plaintiff alleging in his petition that on December 27,1900, he delivered to the defendant carrier, in the city of Atlanta, a car-load of mules to be shipped over its line to Blakely, Ga.; that while the mules were in transit, one of them “kicked through the door of the car in which they were being so transported, and was unable to draw its foot back, and, although the foot of said mule was fully exposed to view to the servants and agents of said company passing by and around said car, the…
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