Higginbotham v. Rome Railway & Light Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from Eloyd superior court—Judge Wright. September 17, 1918.
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, P. J.
Vinnie Higginbotham sued the Romo Railway & Light Company for damages on account of the homicide of her husband, Tom nigginbotham.. A verdict for the- defendant *754was returned, and the plaintiff excepted to the court’s refusal to grant a new trial. Her counsel stated in their brief that the evidence showed the following state of facts: “The defendant had a line of wires, heavily charged with electricity, strung along the side of the Summerville road, within the limits of the City of Koine, on a pole about twelve or fourteen feet in height. This pole was about seventy-five feet from a railroad…
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