Savannah Electric Co. v. Lackens
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Savannah— Judge Davis Freeman. January 35, 1913.
1Opinion of the CourtPottle, J.
The plaintiff, who was a passenger on the defendant’s railway, has twice recovered for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the defendant’s negligence. The trial judge set aside the first verdict, and, upon the hearing of the second motion for a new trial, passed the following order: “This case has been twice tried—two verdicts, one for $5,000 and one for $6,192, being rendered for plaintiff. On the second trial, in addition to the witnesses testifying on the first trial, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Schloss testified for defendant. So two juries have found on the facts in favor of…
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