Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Trammell

— The trial below was had before the judge-of the Circuit Court without a jury, and this appeal brings under review his rulings on the pleadings, his conclusions of fact, and the judgment rendered in the cause; and it becomes our duty to pass upon the conclusion and judgment of the court on the evidence, without indulging any presumption in favor of the lower court’s action, and to render such judgment as the Circuit Court should have rendered, or to “reverse and remand the same for further proceedings, as to this court shall seem right.” — Acts 1888-9, p. 797.

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