Legal Opinion

Stewart v. Seaboard Air Line Railway

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 6, 1902PublishedCited by 24 opinions

Action for damages. Before Allen Fort, judge pro hac vice. City court of Americus. November 21, 1901.

1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.

Stewart sued the Railway Company for damages. At the trial the court granted a nonsuit, and to this judgment the *625plaintiff excepted. It appeared from the evidence that the plaintiff was a mechanic employed by and at work in the shops of the railway company. On a hill near the shops timber to be used in the shops was stored by the defendant, and to convey this timber from the place where it was stored to the shops a hand or push-car was used which was propelled along a track running from the place where the timber was located down an incline to the shops. This push-car consisted of trucks and…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Central Railroad & Banking Co. v. KenneySupreme Court of Georgia · 1877
  2. Western & Atlantic Railroad v. BradfordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901

3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Palmer Brick Co. v. ChenallSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  2. Amear v. HallCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
  3. Holman v. American Automobile Insurance CompanySupreme Court of Georgia · 1946
  4. Williams v. Garbutt Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1909
  5. Day & Co. v. GraybillCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1919

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