Hawley v. Screven
Supreme Court of Georgia
Bailroads. Damages. Contracts. New trial. Before Judge Harden. City Court of Savannah. November Term, 1878. Beported in the decision. cited 48 N. H., 339; 2 Bed. Am. BVy Oases, 277-280, 290 ; II., 316-324, and note ; 78 N. 0., 294 ; 22 Wallace, 123 ; 11 Am. B’w’y Bs., 442 ; 5 lb., 333 ; 16 11., 206 ; 56 Ga., 376 ; 55 lb., 481; 38 lb., 519. cited Code, §§ 2083, 2084, 2202,3036 ; 25 Ga., 228 ; 39 lb., 636; 42 lb., 642 ; 44 lb., 278; 55 lb., 481; acts 1876, p. 122.
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
The plaintiff brought his action agaist the defendants as receivers of the Atlantic and Gulf Bailroad Company to recover the value of a trunk and its contents, alleged to have been lost by the defendants’ negligence as common carriers between the city of Savannah, Georgia, and the city of Jasksonville, Florida. On the trial of the case the jury, under the charge of the court, found a verdict for the plaintiff. A motion was made for a new trial on the grounds therein stated, which was granted by the court, and the plaintiff excepted.
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