Streyer v. Georgia Southern & Florida Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroads. Damages. Evidence. Onus. Argument. Before Judge Miller. Bibb superior court. November adjourned term, 1890. A special jury summoned by the sheriff to assess the damages to property of Streyer, caused by the contruc- • tion and operation of the railroad along Fifth or Elbert street in Macon, found for Streyer $1,000. The railroad company appealed to the superior court, and in that court the verdict was that the property would not be damaged.
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Railroads. Damages. Evidence. Onus. Argument. Before Judge Miller. Bibb superior court. November adjourned term, 1890. A special jury summoned by the sheriff to assess the damages to property of Streyer, caused by the contruc- • tion and operation of the railroad along Fifth or Elbert street in Macon, found for Streyer $1,000. The railroad company appealed to the superior court, and in that court the verdict was that the property would not be damaged. Streyer moved for a new trial; the motion was overruled, and he excepted. The motion contained the general grounds that the verdict was…
1Opinion of the Court
*57 Judgment affirmed.
Error in refusing to permit witnesses for Streyer to answer the question, “Tell the jury why you left there?” referring to their leaving the dwelling-houses on that street, owned by other parties than Streyer; because the same was material to the issue, and was asked to show that the construction of the railroad along the street in question had actually driven tenants from houses occupied by them all along said street. And in refusing to permit these witnesses to answer the question, “After the road is constructed and operated along that street, would you continue to reside…
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