Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Chastain

S. A. Chastain sued the Atlantic Coast Line Bail-road Company in a justice’s court for the value of a cow killed by the running of one of its trains. The jury found a verdict in, his favor, which, upon certiorari, was sustained by the judge of the superior court; and the defendant excepted to the judgment overruling the certiorari. The only question involved is whether, under the facts and the law applicable thereto, the recovery was authorized. It is insisted by the plaintiff in error that the presumption of negligence raised by the killing was fully rebutted by the evidence of its engineer,…