Central Railroad v. Coggin
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroads. Negligence. Age. Witness. Evidence.. Before Judge Simmons. Bibb Superior Court. October-Adjourned Term, 1888. Ooggin brought case against the Central Railroad to recover $10,000.00 as damages for a personal injury.
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Railroads. Negligence. Age. Witness. Evidence.. Before Judge Simmons. Bibb Superior Court. October-Adjourned Term, 1888. Ooggin brought case against the Central Railroad to recover $10,000.00 as damages for a personal injury. The-case will be found fully reported in 62 Ga., 685. To an understanding of tbe questions now made, it will only be ■ necessary to state that the evidence for the plaintiff showed: in brief, the following facts: Under a contract between the Western Union Telegraph Company and the Macon and Western Railroad, the poles of the former were being delivered along the line of…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
The jury having found a verdict for the plaintiff, the defendant made a motion for a new trial, which was refused, and this writ of error is brought to reverse the judgment refusing the new trial.
The following are the grounds of the motion:
(1.) Because the court erred in allowing the plaintiff to testify, over the objection of defendant, as follows: “ As he (the engineer) slacked up for the switchman to get on the train, he seemed to have shut off his engine, and car ran up on the engine, and he opened his engine right suddenly; I suppose,” — the objection being that it was mere…
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