Nashville, Chattanooga & Saint Louis Railway Co. v. Heggie Bros.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Carriers. Negligence. Railroads. Contracts. Livestock. Before Judge Eve. City court of Richmond county. November term, 1889. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
This was an action brought by the defendants in error against the plaintiff in error for damages caused to a certain car-load of horses by reason of the negligence of the plaintiff in error in not stopping its cars so as to give the defendants in error an opportunity to water and feed their horses. A verdict was had for the defendants in error, and the railway company moved for a new trial, which was denied by the court, and it excepted to this ruling, alleging as' error the special, grouuds set forth in its motion.
The evidence showed that the horses were shipped from St.…
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