Bentley v. Southern Railway Co.

The plaintiff was injured by an iron bolt flying through the windshield of an automobile in which she was riding, while passing under a bridge of the defendant. She alleged that at the time she was passing under the bridge and was injured, a freight-train of the defendant was using the track on the bridge; that the bolt came from a car of that train; that the bolt was defective and worn, and was thus caused to work out of its socket and fall; and that its defective condition could have been discovered by defendant on inspection.

1. In one ground of the motion for new trial it is urged that the…