Inman & Co. v. Elberton Air-Line Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
Negligence. Evidence. Charge. Before Judge McWhorter. Hart superior court. March term, 1892.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
1. The action was against the railroad company for the value of certain cotton alleged to have been burned upon a platform a few feet from the defendant’s track, by sparks which escaped from one of two locomotives described in the declaration, on account of the defective condition of the engine and the negligent manner in which it was operated. The verdict was in favor of the railroad company, and the plaintiffs made a motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and they excepted.
The evidence as to the cause of the fire was wholly circumstantial. It was shown that a few…
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