Southern Railway Co. v. Blackwell
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from Whitfield superior court—Judge Eite. September 1, 1916.
1Opinion of the CourtWade, C. J.
Gyp Blackwell instituted an action against the Southern Bailway Company for personal injuries. The action was brought under the Federal “employer’s liability act” of April 22, 1908 (e. 149, 35 Stat. 65, IT. S. Comp. St. 1916, §§ 8657-8665). The allegations of the petition were substantially as follows: That on September 21, 1914, while the plaintiff was in the employment of the defendant as a section-hand, and at work on the “Dalton section,” the foreman who had charge of the work, and whose orders he was bound to obey, directed him to obtain from the section tool-house in Dalton, Georgia, a…
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