Legal Opinion

Powell v. Seaboard Air-Line Railway

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided December 12, 1916No. 7530Published

Action for damages; from city court of Savannah—Judge Davis Freeman. May 15, 1916.

1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, J.

The 1st and 2d grounds of the amendment to• the motion for a new trial are merely amplifications of the general grounds, attacking the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict, and will be considered under the general grounds. The 3d ground of the amendment to the motion for a new trial is expressly abandoned in the brief of counsel for the plaintiff in error.

1. Complaint is made in the motion for a new trial that the court failed to instruct the jury that if they determined that the *92cottonseed became damaged to some extent by the delay in the movement of the car from Cordele to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. MurrahSupreme Court of Georgia · 1890
  2. Seaboard Air-Line Railway v. Southern Flour & Grain Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1912

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