Atlanta & West Point Railroad v. Hudson
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages, from city court of LaGrange — Judge Harwell. October 6, 1906.
1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.
The plaintiff sued the Atlanta "and 'West Point Pailroad Company for killing two cows and injuring a third. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, and the motion of the defendant for a new trial was overruled. The evidence showed that the cows were killed at or near a private crossing near the town of LaGrange. The contention of the defendant was that the engineer could not see the cows in time to stop or control the train, because of the embankment of a cut through which the track ran just before reaching the crossing, that the cows came from around the edge of the cut, and the engineer…
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