Southern Railway Co. v. Acree

1. The inference prejudieal to a party to a cause, which may ■ be indulged on account of the absence of a witness whose testimony was accessible to him, but who was not produced, is not dependent upon the fact that the witness is his employee. The fact that an employee *105of a railroad company lias for any reason quit the service of the company prior to the trial of a ease in which his testimony might be material is not of itself necessarily sufficient to rebut the presumption that the charge or claim against the railroad company was well founded, if it appears from the facts and circumstances…