Gainesville, Jefferson & Southern Railroad v. Wall

Blandford, Justice.

This case was a certiorari to grant a new trial because the verdict of a jury in a justice’s court was without evi*283dence to support it. It appears from the record that the plaintiff in error ran over a cow and killed her, belonging to defendant, and that the cow was worth as much as the jurv found by their verdict. The only witness who testified in behalf of the plaintiff in error was the engineer, and his testimony showed that the railroad company had used all ordinary and reasonable care and diligence, but the fireman, who is always on the engine with the engineer, did not…