Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Harden
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Clark. City court of Eorsyth. September 1, 1900. This action was on account of the killing of the plaintiff’s mule.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Clark. City court of Eorsyth. September 1, 1900. This action was on account of the killing of the plaintiff’s mule. He alleged that the mule was fastened to a tree near the track of the defendant’s railroad, and,' becoming frightened by a passing train, broke loose and ran for a considerable distance along a pathway parallel to and near the track, and when it reached a public crossing over the track a passenger-train reached the crossing, running at the rate of twenty-five or thirty miles an hour, and frightened the mule, causing it to reverse its course and…
1Opinion of the CourtLittle, J.
A number of grounds are set out in the motion for a new trial. In addition to those that the verdict is contrary to law and without evidence to support it, several assignments of error are made to the rulings of the judge in admitting evidence, and to several portions of. his charge to the jury. These we have carefully considered, and in our judgment no error of law was commit*455ted. The question whether the verdict is supported by 'the evidence in the case is one of much more difficulty. In the case of the Georgia Southern R. Co. v. Sanders, 111 Ga. 128, this court took occasion to say that if…
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