Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. Nelms

Simmons, Justice.

Nelms brought his action against the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company for damages, in which he alleged, in substance, that he was employed by said company to assist it in changing the gauge of its track, and that the company furnished, him and other employés with certain tools and implements with which to take up the iron rails and re-fasten them to the cross-ties; that hammers of certain shapes, weights, purity of steel and of the proper temper were required in order that such work should be done with safety and dispatch; that the petitioner was furnished with a hammer…