Port Royal & W. C. Railway Co. v. Griffin
Supreme Court of Georgia
Negligence. Verdict. Railroads. Witness. Charge of court. Before Judge Eve. City court of Richmond county. November term, 1889. Mrs. Griffin sued the railway company for damages wliicb she alleged she sustained by the burning of timber and fencing on her land, caused by a spark or sparks from the engine of defendant.
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Negligence. Verdict. Railroads. Witness. Charge of court. Before Judge Eve. City court of Richmond county. November term, 1889. Mrs. Griffin sued the railway company for damages wliicb she alleged she sustained by the burning of timber and fencing on her land, caused by a spark or sparks from the engine of defendant. She alleged that the injuries were caused by the negligence of defendant in not having approved spark-arresters and fire-boxes on its engine, by tlie careless and uusldlful manner of running and operating the same, and by defendant’s negligence in suffering a large quantity of…
1Opinion of the Court
Dlandeord, Justice.
A verdict was had for the defendant in error in the court below. The railway company moved for a new trial, which was denied. The first two grounds of the motion are the usual ones, that the verdict of the jury is contraiy to the evidence, without evidence to support it, etc. We cannot agree with the learned counsel for the plaintiff in error who argued this case. We think there was sufficient evidence to authorize the verdict of thejury. While we might not have rendered the same *176verdict had we been on the jury, yet, when the jury had evidence upon which to base their…
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