Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Main

Crawford, Justice.

This case was brought to recover damages for the killing of two cows by the trains of the plaintiff in error, and upon the trial of which a verdict was rendered for the plaintiff below, and the defendant being dissatisfied therewith moved for a new trial, which was refused, and to reverse that decision the case is brought to this court.

The ground relied upon for a reversal of the judgment is that the court ei red in the following instructions given to the jury: “Our statute makes it the duty of those in charge of a railroad train approaching a public road crossing, when the…