Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Beason
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Calhoun. City court of Atlanta. December 11, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, P. J.
Mrs. Ada A. Beason obtained a verdict against the Western and Atlantic Railroad Company for the homicide of her husband. The company excepted to a judgment overruling its *554motion for a new trial. This motion contained many grounds; but, in the view we take of the case, it is unnecessary to deal spe-° cifically with all of them. Under the evidence as it appears in the record, the plaintiff was not, in our judgment, entitled to recover. We shall accordingly confine ourselves to a discussion of this proposition, and of a question presented in two of the grounds of the motion for a new trial,…
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