Georgia Railroad v. Thomas
Supreme Court of Georgia
Charge of Court. Practice in Supreme Court. Railroads. Damages. Negligence. Before Judge Pottle. Hancock Superior Court. October Adjourned Term, 1883. Thomas brought his action against the Georgia Railroad for $10,000.00, for a personal injury.
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Charge of Court. Practice in Supreme Court. Railroads. Damages. Negligence. Before Judge Pottle. Hancock Superior Court. October Adjourned Term, 1883. Thomas brought his action against the Georgia Railroad for $10,000.00, for a personal injury. The case was tried, a verdict rendered for plaintiff for $1,000.00, a new trial refused, and a reversal granted by the Supreme Court (see 68 Oan 744). On the last trial, the evidence for the plaintiff was, in brief, as follows: Plaintiff was a doctor, living near the town of Sparta, and near a public crossing over defendant’s road. On the morning of…
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
Thomas brought his action against the Georgia Railroad •to recover damages which he alleged he had received'by reason of the negligent conduct of defendant’s agent.
On the trial of the case, it was shown that Thomas was ¡a physician, and that he lived out of the town of Sparta, in Hancock county ; that he had waited until the passenger train had passed before he attempted to cross the rail'road, which he had to pass before he could go to his office in Sparta; that he was on his horse and had started to his place of business, and when near the railroad, he discovered ;a train…
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