Calhoun v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Savannah — Judge Davis Freeman.
1Opinion of the CourtRussell, J.
There are various assignments of error predicated upon the charge of the court. The court erred in charging that the plaintiff, who was an employee of the defendant company, must show himself free from fault. It was unnecessary for the plaintiff to do this. The action, as was pointed out when this ease was here before (7 Ga. App. 528, 67 S. E. 274), was distinctly brought under the Federal “employer’s liability act.” Some of the other excerpts from the charge, to which exceptions are taken, may not be aptly adjusted to the cause. But all of these exceptions become immaterial, for, upon review…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Calhoun v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1910