Atlanta Cotton-Seed Oil Mills v. Coffey
Supreme Court of Georgia
Evidence. Negligence. Torts. Charge of court. Non-suit. Amendment. Continuance. Damages. Before Judge Richard H. Clark. Dekalb superior court. August term, 1887. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
Coffey brought his suit against the Atlanta Cotton-Seed Oil Mills,for damages. The jury found in favor of the plaintiff, and a motion was made for a new trial and was *147overruled by the court; and the defendant excepted, and assigns as error the overruling of this motion.
It appears, from the record in this case, that the defendant in the court below had given to the Orphans’ Home a quantity of cotton-seed hulls, to be used as a fertilizer. The manager of the Orphans’ Home employed Coffey to haul the hulls from the mill to the farm belonging to the Orphans’ Home. It appears also…
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