Mayfield v. Savannah, Griffin & North Alabama Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
Witness. Agent. Negligence. Evidence. Non-suit. Before Judge Boynton. Spalding superior court. August term, 1890. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
Mayfield sued the railroad company for damages for a personal injury, which he alleged was sustained by him while in the discharge of his duty as an employee of the company, in attempting to couple the engine to a car. The declaration alleged, among other things, that the injury was caused by the careless and negligent jerking *375and driving of the engiüé-, and that the machinery was defective in that the foot-board or rim around the pilot, on which plaintiff stepped to make the coupling, was too narrow to make a secure footing at such a point of danger. The plaintiff was…
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