Chattanooga, Rome & Columbus Railroad Co. v. Liddell
Supreme Court of Georgia
Damages. Railroads. Evidence. Negligence. Hes gestee. Contracts. Corporations. Charge of court. Practice. Before Judge Maddox. Eloyd superior court.
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Damages. Railroads. Evidence. Negligence. Hes gestee. Contracts. Corporations. Charge of court. Practice. Before Judge Maddox. Eloyd superior court. September adjourned term, 1889. On August 5, 1887, the railroad company entered into a contract with Hillman, providing among other things that Hillman and his successors and assigns should, build and equip a standard gauge railroad from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Rome, Georgia, and from Cedartown to Carrollton, Georgia,- and should change the gauge of the company’s railroad between Rome and Carrollton from a narrow to a standard gauge, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
As this case is to be sent back for a new trial, we will not discuss the first three grounds of the motion, to wit, that the verdict is contrary to the evidence, to law, etc. The fourth ground of the motion was not insisted upon here.
1. The fifth, sixth and eighth grounds of the motion complain that the court permitted a witness to testify that the plaintiff’s nervous prostration had a weakening effect upon her system-; that this injury had required the administration of opiates, and that the plaintiff was acquiring the opium habit as a result of this trouble by reason of the…
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