Massillon Engine & Thresher Co. v. Akerman

1. Akerman brought suit, in the city court of Cartersville, against the Massillon Engine and Thresher Company, for damages for the loss of wheat alleged to have been burned by reason of the negligence of the defendant, while threshing the same. Satterfield and Jones, who claimed that they had lost grain at the same time and from the same cause, were by consent made parties plaintiff. Upon the trial, verdicts were found •against the defendant for the respective plaintiffs. Defendant carried the case, by certiorari, to the superior court, and upon the certiorari being overruled it excepted. The…