Southern Railway Co. v. Herrington
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. ■ Before Judge Eite. Gordon, superior court. March 5, 1906.
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, P. J.
Mrs. Plerrington sued the railway company for damages claimed to have resulted from a fire communicated to her *439land from a locomotive of the defendant company. The damages alleged consisted of the destruction of growing timber. The jury .returned a verdict in her favor, and the defendant made a motion for a new trial, which was overruled, and it excepted.
1. Complaint is made that the court instructed the jury, in effect, that the company would be liable in the event it should appear from the evidence that it was negligent in the manner in which the engine was run or handled. ■ The assignment…
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