Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. v. Godard

Special grounds 4 and 5 of the amended motion for a new trial complain of the introduction of testimony regarding one Clarence Bennett, to the effect that he was seen on the defendants’ premises on numerous occasions in 1938; that he stayed in and around the depot waiting room for about six weeks; and that subsequently he burglarized a grocery store across the street. The objection that this testimony was too remote in point of time is not well taken for the reason that the plaintiffs were showing a series of incidents extending from that time up until the attack involved in this case to show…