Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast Railroad v. Loftin

Ann Loftin, by her next friend, H. G. Loftin, sued the Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast Railroad Company to recover damages for personal injuries. The jury awarded the plaintiff a verdict for $1000, and the only exception is to the judgment overruling the defendants’ motion for new trial based solely on the general grounds.

The petition substantially alleges in part that Ann Loftin (herein referred to as plaintiff) was six years old when she was injured on August 24, 1939, as the result of the defendant’s employees run-’ ning its motor ear into the automobile in which she was riding; that the…