Henderson v. Walker
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroads. Torts. Receivers. Before Judge Underwood. Floyd Superior Court. January Term,-1875. Reported in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Judge.
A new and interesting question in the jurisprudence of our state is made in this record. Receivers were in possession of a railroad under a court of equity, operating it and using its franchises under the orders of that court. One of their employees, whilst engaged in working upon a bridge on the line of the road, received a personal injury, in consequence of the negligence of his co-employees in the same service, his leg being broken from some improper handling of a rope used in *482erecting the structure. He petitioned for leave to bring suit against the receivers, and it was…
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