Green v. Heard Milling Company

Bell, Presiding Judge.

Heard Milling Company, Inc. brought this suit based on negligence against Hubert Green to recover for property damages caused when plaintiff’s tractor-trailer truck collided with defendant’s stray cow. See Code Ann. § 62-1604. Defendant counterclaimed for the value of the cow. Trial of the case resulted in a verdict for plaintiff.

1. In Porier v. Spivey, 97 Ga. App. 209, 211 (102 SE2d 706), this court held: The mere fact that livestock is running at large permits an inference that the owner is negligent in permitting the livestock to stray; but when the owner introduces…