Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern Railway Co. v. Bryant
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Gober. Cobb superior court. August 25, 1898.
1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.
1. No error requiring a new trial is shown to have been committed in any of the rulings made by the trial judge. The word “measure,” as used in the charge in relation to damages, was manifestly, from the context and nature of the expression, meant to be understood as referring to “amount.” Florida R. R. Co. v. Burney, 98 Ga. 11.
2. It is error for the judge, on the trial of an action to recover damages against a railroad company for personal injuries occasioned by the running and operation of its trains, to charge the jury that acts not falling within the class below indicated constitute…
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