Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. Spinks
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Lumpkin. Fulton superior court. April 29, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, P. J.
On the trial of action brought by H. D. Spinks, under section 3828 of the Civil Code, against the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company for the full value of the *572life of his minor son, Pearl Spinks, there was a verdict for the plaintiff. A motion for a new trial was filed by the company, and to the overruling thereof it excepted. Taking the evidence most favorably for the plaintiff, which is proper since the verdict was in his favor, the facts on which it rests are, in substance, as follows: The death of Pearl Spinks was occasioned, without fault on his part, by the negligence of the company.…
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