Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Barrett
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Patterson. Cobb superior court. January 13, 1914.
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. In this case a widow instituted an action against a railroad company for damages on account of the homicide of her husband, who was alleged to have been killed by a train on the defendant’s railroad while he was engaged as watchman at a grade-crossing in a city, under emplojnnent of the defendant, to warn travelers on the highway of the approach of trains. A verdict having been rendered for the plaintiff, the defendant made a motion for new trial, and excepted to the judgment denying the motion. In one ground of. the motion complaint is made of the exclusion of certain evidence offered by…
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