Case Name: James C. Thurman, plaintiff in error, vs. The Cherokee Railroad Company, defendant in error
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1876-01
Citations: 56 Ga. 376
Docket Number: 
Parties: James C. Thurman, plaintiff in error, vs. The Cherokee Railroad Company, defendant in error.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 56
Pages: 376–377

Head Matter:
James C. Thurman, plaintiff in error, vs. The Cherokee Railroad Company, defendant in error.
An employee of a railroad company cannot maintain an action against said company for a personal injury sustained by him while the road was in the hands of a receiver.
Railroads. Receiver. Before Judge McCutqhen. Barton Superior Court. July Term, 1875.
Report unnecessary,
Wofford & Milner, for plaintiff in error.
A. Johnson ; D. A. Walker, for defendant.

Opinion:
Warner, Chief Justice.
This was an action' brought by the plaintiff against the defendant to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him, as an employee, whilst the defendant's road was in the hands of a receiver appointed by a court of chancery. The defendant demurred to the plaintiff's declaration and made a motion to dismiss it, which demurrer and motion were sustained by the court, and the plaintiff excepted.
This case comes within the ruling of this court in Henderson vs. Walker et al., 55 Georgia Reports, 481, and is controlled by it.
Let the judgment of the court below be affirmed.