Finley v. Southern Railway Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages, from city court of Atlanta — Judge Reid. January 6, 1908.
1Opinion of the CourtRussell, J.
Finley, a minor,* by his next friend, sued the Southern Railway Company, together with Oscar Turner and Walter Hagan (who were the yardmaster and assistant yardmaster respectively of the defendant corporation), for $20,000. On the trial the jury rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for $8,000; and, upon.motion, the judge of the city court granted a new trial. The plaintiff excepted, and asks that the judgment granting a new trial, apparently on a point of law alone, be reversed, with direction to the lower court to pass upon the single question whether the verdict is supported by the…
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