Tallahassee Rail-Road v. Macon
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided at Tallahassee. Appeal from Leon Circuit Court. This was an action on the case instituted by the appellee against the appellant for the recovery of the value of a negro slave hired to the appellant, who, it was alleged, .•died from the neglect and carelessness of the said company. The defendant pleaded not guilty.
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This case was decided at Tallahassee. Appeal from Leon Circuit Court. This was an action on the case instituted by the appellee against the appellant for the recovery of the value of a negro slave hired to the appellant, who, it was alleged, .•died from the neglect and carelessness of the said company. The defendant pleaded not guilty. On the trial in the Court below the plaintiff offered as a witness Dr. George W. Betton, who testified, that, at the request of the plaintiff, he visited the negro man Esop on Saturday, the night of which day the said man Esop died. He was in a car, one side of…
1Opinion of the CourtPearson, J.
The exceptions presented by the record in this case and' the errors assigned by the appellant all rest on the refusal of the Judge in the Circuit Court to grant a new trial. The appellant insists that there was- no evidence before the jury to sustain the allegations of negligence, and that the damages were excessive. These questions, which heretofore were confided to the discretion of the Judge trying, the case, have, under the statute of this State, been opened to the review of this Court, and where manifest error has been committed this Court will reverse the order of the-Circuit Court and…
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