Southern Railway Co. v. Godfrey

In this action brought in a justice’s court against the railway company, to recover damages for the alleged killing of the plaintiff’s dog, the defendant, after verdict in favor of the plaintiff, carried the case by certiorari to the superior court, attacking the verdict upon the usual general grounds only. The certiorari was dismissed and the defendant excepted.

The evidence introduced by the plaintiff amply authorized the inference that the dog was killed by the defendant’s northbound passenger-train, No. 32, in the afternoon, a little before sundown, on July 11, 1925. The only evidence…