Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. Farmer

J. R. Farmer proceeding in his own behalf, and his minor children, Martha, Eugene, Helen, and Lois Farmer, suing by him as next friend, brought an action against Georgia Railroad and Banking Company to recover damages for the alleged negligent homicide of Mrs. Delma Farmer, his wife and their mother. A jury rendered a verdict for plaintiffs in the sum of $15,000. The question presented here is whether the trial judge erred in overruling the defendant’s motion for a new trial.

Omitting some of its formal allegations, the petition, by paragraph, presents substantially the following case:

4. Mrs.…