Howard v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

When this case was here before, the verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff was set aside because, under the ruling of the Supreme Court in Seaboard Air-Line Ry. v. Jarrell, 145 Ga. 688 (89 S. E. 118), the evidence was not deemed sufficient to authorize the jury to find that the engine of the defendant caused the fire by the emission of sparks. Louisville & Nashville R. Co. v. Howard, 25 Ga. App. 83 (102 S. E. 456). On the second trial (in which a verdict for the defendant was directed by the court) there was additional testimony submitted by the plaintiff on this point *376and also…