Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. Rhodes
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroads. Damages. Negligence. Presumption. Verdict. Before Judge Hopkins. DeKalb Superior Court. September Adjourned Term, 1875. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
The plaintiff brought his action against the defendant to recover damages for injury sustained by the alleged negligence and carelessness of the defendant’s agents in running its railway trains on its road. On the trial of the case, the jury, under the charge of the court, found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $6,000 00. The defendant made a motion for a new trial on the several grounds alleged therein, which was overruled by the court, and the defendant excepted.
It appears from the evidence in the record that the plaintiff was in the employ of the…
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