Reid v. Central Railroad & Banking Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Master and servant. Negligence. Accidents. Non-suit. Before Judge Gustin. Houston superior court. April term, 1888. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
Reid sued the Central Railroad and Banking Com*695pany for injuries which he sustained while in their employment. It appears that he was employed by the defendant to dig and clean out well's along the line of the road. On one occasion he was ordered to clean out a certain well, and it appears that the rope which had been furnished to him was not long enough to reach the bottom of the well, and, the road overseer obtained a rope, which the plaintiff tied or spliced on to the rope he already had. He testified that the road overseer told him the rope was a good one, that he had…
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