Savannah, Skidaway & Seaboard Railroad v. Bonaud

Warner, Chief Justice.

The plaintiff sued the defendant to recover damages which he alleged he had sustained by reason of the defendant’s failure to run its train on its railroad from the Isle of Hope to the city of Savannah, on the 23d of April, 187J, in accordance with its previously published schedule. On the trial of the case, the jury found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $63.75. The defendant made a motion for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was contrary to the evidence, and contrary to law, which was overruled by the court, and the defendant excepted.

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