East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad v. Maloy

Blandford, Justice.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant for damages, which she-alleged she sustained by reason of the defendant company having, by the carelessness of its servants and agents, killed a minor son of hers. A verdict was rendered for the plaintiff and a motion made for a new trial; and upon its denial, exception was taken and, error assigned as follows :

(1.) Because the court erred in admitting the testimony of E. S. King, to the effect that Mr. Burke, the conductor of the train, who was on the engine at the time of the acci - dent, told witness, in…