Addington v. Western & Atlantic Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Milner. Whitfield superior court. April term, 1893.
1Opinion of the Court
Lumpkin, Justice.
Addington brought an action against the Western & Atlantic Railroad Company for the alleged, breach of a contract, by the terms of which the defendant had agreed to give him permanent employment in its ser- • vice, in consideration of his releasing the company from all claim for damages resulting from a personal injury inflicted upon him.
In support of the declaration, he proved that he had been seriously injured while in the service of the company, and that the company’s superintendent, J. L. ■McCollum, in consideration of his releasing the company as above mentioned, had…
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