East Tenn., Va. & Ga. Railway Co. v. Smith

*177"William Smith' sued the railroad company for damages from personal injuries, and obtained a verdict for $375. The defendant excepted to the overruling of its motion for a new trial.

The petition alleged, in brief, that in December, 1890, the plaintiff and others were engaged in loading iron rails about thirty feet long upon a dump car, and when picking them up from the ground and carrying one of the rails to place it on the car, the car moved and started off, and one of the employees started to catch the car to stop it and in so doing let go the rail, he having hold of the same end with…