Southern Railway Company v. Maples

Mb. Chiee Justice Neil

delivered the opinion of the Court.

J. M. Maples brought his suit to recover damages suffered as the result of his truck, loaded with cattle and hogs, being struck by an east-bound freight train of the Southern Railway. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff and judgment was entered accordingly.

Tlie defendant appealed and assigned errors in the Court of Appeals. The judgment of the lower court was affirmed. We now have the case on the defendant’s petition for certiorari.

The plaintiff’s declaration contained three counts: (1) that the defendant wrongfully and…