Georgia Southern & Florida Railway Co. v. Blanchard

Ebbrhardt, Judge.

There was no error in failing to grant a new trial on the ground that the plaintiff’s own testimony showed that his claim had been released. On the first trial of this case there was admitted into evidence a draft in the sum of $300 given by the defendant to the plaintiff which recited that it was “in full settlement for all damages incident to crossing accident at or near Cecil, Georgia, on or about the 8th day of September, 1964; excluding any rights under existing insurance policies, nor hinders subrogation rights of Calvert Fire Insurance Co.” We held in the prior appeal…