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Harris v. Central Railroad

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided March 12, 1887PublishedCited by 64 opinions

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Amendment. Evidence. Witness. Practice in Superior Court. Railroads. Streets and Sidewalks. Negligence. Charge of Court. Practice in Supreme Court. Before Judge Van Epps. City Court of Atlanta. December Term, 1886. Lucinda Harris brought suit against the Central Railroad and Banking Company to recover damages for the homicide of her husband. The pleadings are sufficiently stated in the decision. The case as it stood at the first trial will be found reported in 76 Ga. 501. On the last trial, the jury found for the defendant, and the plaintiff moved for a new trial on the following grounds:…

1Opinion of the Court

Bleckley, Chief Justice.

This was an action by a widow to recover damages for the homicide of her husband. There was a verdict for the defendant, and a motion for new trial by the plaintiff, which was overruled. The judgment overruling the motion was rendered more than sixty days after the trial; notwithstanding which fact, the defendant sued out a cross-bill of exceptions, complaining of a ruling of the court made on the trial. When the case was called here for argument, a motion was made to dismiss the cross-bill on the ground that it was sued out too late. Our decision on that point is,…

2Cited by64 opinions

City of Columbus v. AnglinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
Reynolds v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1961
Loomis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1948
Sumner v. SumnerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
Alabama Consolidated Coal & Iron Co. v. HealdSupreme Court of Alabama · 1908

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