Wrightsville & Tennille Railroad v. Vaughan
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Sandersville — Judge .Hawlcins presiding. December 2, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
Mrs. Vaughan sued the railroad company because of personal injuries received by her when a passenger on one of its trains, and recovered a verdict for $9,000. The defendant has excepted, assigning a number of grounds of error; but there are many of them as to which it will not be necessary to rule, on account of the nature of the decision which is about to be rendered in the case. The petition was brought in the name of “Mrs. Willie Mae Vaughan;” but did not state whether she was a married woman, a widow, or a divorced person. Among other elements of' damages, she sought to recover for loss…
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