Selma, Rome & Dalton Railroad v. Gammage
Supreme Court of Georgia
Appeals. Laws. Practice in tbe Superior Court. Amendment. Damages. Interest. Yerdict. Before Judge Underwood. Floyd Superior Court.
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Appeals. Laws. Practice in tbe Superior Court. Amendment. Damages. Interest. Yerdict. Before Judge Underwood. Floyd Superior Court. March Term, 1879. The charter of the Selma, Rome & Dalton Railroad (acts Ala., 1851, pp. 348-351) contained the following provision on the subject of appeals from the decision of the jury provided thereby to assess damages done to land by the road : Provided, however, That if either party should he dissatisfied with the finding of the jury the dissatisfied party may appeal to the next term of the said circuit court after the finding, if as much as thirty days…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Justice.
1. The charter granted by Alabama to this company, it is agreed, was adopted and ratified by Georgia ; and therefore appeals from a verdict of a jury on a writ called therein s< ad quod damnum1’ will be regulated by the rules prescribed in the charter. The bond first given by the appellant did not correspond in condition and penalty with that required by the charter, but the court, in accordance with the provisions of our Code in regard, to amendment of appeal bonds generally and the long established practice in •our courts, approved repeatedly by this court, allowed the bond…
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