Wright v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) Although the plaintiff did not prove any specific acts of negligence chargeable against the defendant, his evidence was sufficient to show that his cows were killed by the operation of the defendant’s train, and thus make out a prima facie case. “In all actions against railroad companies for damages done to persons or property, proof of injury inflicted by the running of locomotives or cars of such companies shall be prima facie evidence of the want of reasonable skill and care on the part of the servants of the companies in reference to such injury.”…