Akins v. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Reese. Taliaferro superior court. July 21, 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, P. J.
1. There was, on the trial of an action against a railroad company for damages alleged to have been caused by setting fire to the plaintiffs’ woods, no error in rejecting evidence warranting an inference that, shortly before or shortly after the day upon which a particular fire occurred, a locomotive of the company had thrown out sparks from which straw had become ignited, there being no evidence in any manner tending to show that this locomotive was run on the day in question. Gainesville R. Co. v. Edmondson, 101 Ga. 747; Brown v. Benson, Ibid. 753.
2. It is not competent for a witness to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Gainesville, Jefferson & Southern Railroad v. EdmondsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
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