Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. McElmurray Bros.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Richmond county — Judge W. E. Eve. October 4, 1913.
1Opinion of the CourtPottle, J.
This is the third verdict in the plaintiff’s favor in this case. A previous finding was set aside on the ground that the evidence demanded the conclusion that the presumption of negligence arising against the defendant upon proof of the setting out of the fire had been rebutted. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. McElmurray, 12 Ga. App. 233 (77 S. E. 2). At the next trial thé plaintiffs amended their petition so aS to allege that just before setting out the fire the defendant’s train had crossed the .Savannah river from South Carolina into Georgia, over a long trestle and an iron bridge which…
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