Southern Railway Co. v. Watson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Janes. Douglas superior court. May term, 1897.
1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.
1. The defendant in error brought suit against the railway company in a justice’s court in Douglas county, to *244recover damages for killing a certain bay mare mule, alleging his damage to be $85. The trial resulted in a judgment for the plaintiff for $60, and the company entered an appeal to the superior court. The case was there tried, and a vei’dict rendered for the plaintiff for the sum of $65 and cost of suit. The defendant made a motion for new trial, which was overruled, and it excepted. It appears from the evidence in the record, that a small negro boy was driving a mule which was struck…
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