Southern Railway Co. v. Tankersley
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages, from city court of Hall county- — Judge Boone. June 1, 1907.
1Opinion of the Court
Hill, O. J.
Tankersley brought suit in the city court of Hall county against the Southern Railway Company, for damages resulting from personal injuries. The jury found a verdict in his favor for $1,000, and the defendant’s motion for a new trial was overruled. The petition, in substance, alleges, that on the day of the injury the plaintiff and his two children were approaching a public crossing in the city of Gainesville, in a one-horse wagon drawn bjr a mule; that while they were crossing the track, the defendant’s train suddenly and without warning ran upon him, frightened the mule he was…
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