Weaver v. Southern Railway Co.

This is the second appearance of this case. The facts are fully reported in the former decision, in 9 Ga. App. 34 (70 S. E. 222). The suit was brought to recover damages for alleged injuries to live stock shipped from Thomaston, Georgia, to Atlanta, Georgia, over the lines of the Macon & Birmingham Railway Company and the Southern Railway Company. At the first trial a verdict was directed in favor of the plaintiff. That judgment was reversed by the Court of Appeals) upon the ground that there was some evidence upon which the jury might find in favor of the plaintiff. In the decision rendered…