Johnson v. Hilton & Dodge Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Atkinson. City court of Brunswick. May term, 1897. Lucy Johnson sued for the homicide of her minor son, Peter Johnson, who, she alleged, was killed without fault on his part, and through the negligence of the defendant in the operation of its sawmill, while he was at work in its service as .a laborer in the mill.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Atkinson. City court of Brunswick. May term, 1897. Lucy Johnson sued for the homicide of her minor son, Peter Johnson, who, she alleged, was killed without fault on his part, and through the negligence of the defendant in the operation of its sawmill, while he was at work in its service as .a laborer in the mill. The declaration alleged, in substance, that at the time of the injury which caused his death, he was at work in a run between two lines of dead rollers, upon which lumber, as it was sawn, was rolled off from the saw; •and that a piece of lumber which…
1Opinion of the CourtFish, J.
This case was tried in the city court of Brunswick, and brought by writ of error from that court to this. The defendant in error made a motion, in this court, to dismiss the writ of error, upon the ground that “this court has no jurisdiction to determine writs of error from the city court of Brunswick, . . said city court of Brunswick not having been established within the limits of an incorporated city, or for an incorporated city.” In support of this motion the movant relies upon section 5836 of the Civil Code, which section is a part of the constitution of the State, also upon the decision…
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