St. L., I. M. & S. R'y v. Godby
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Saline Circuit Court. Hon. J. B. Wood, Circuit Judge. By reference to the transcript filed in this case it will be .•seen that the clerk of the Saline circuit court has officially certified that the transcript contained a true and correct copy of each and every paper and court order, as the originals appear ■on file and of record in his office. This certificate was made •September 25, 1884, over a year ago.
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APPEAL from Saline Circuit Court. Hon. J. B. Wood, Circuit Judge. By reference to the transcript filed in this case it will be .•seen that the clerk of the Saline circuit court has officially certified that the transcript contained a true and correct copy of each and every paper and court order, as the originals appear ■on file and of record in his office. This certificate was made •September 25, 1884, over a year ago. Now, it is sought by counsel for appellee, to supersede and contradict this formal, official certificate, by a special, amendatory or supplemental certificate, by the same…
1Opinion of the CourtCockrill, C. J.
The appellee sued the railroad for.a severe personal injury received by him through the negligence, as he alleged, of the company, while he was a passenger on one of its trains. There was a verdict and judgment in his favor for $1000. »
The errors assigned by the company in the motion for a new trial are: That the verdict is against law and evidence, and that the court erred in giving “ instructions numbered one and. three for the appellee.”
The bill of exceptions'as certified in the transcript sets forth three instructions given by the court at the instance of the appellee. Before the…
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