Wadley Southern Railway Co. v. Faglee

Mrs. W. C. Fa-glee brought an action against Wadley Southern Railway Company, to recover damages for the destruction of certain timber, trees, cord-wood, etc., which she alleged were destroyed by fire occasioned by stated acts of negligence on the part of the company. The jury returned a verdict awarding to the plaintiff a stated sum as damages. The defendant filed a motion for a new trial, which the court overruled, and the defendant sued out a bill of exceptions to this court, but the case was transferred to the Court of Appeals. That court handed down a decision *815affirming the judgment…