Georgia Railroad v. Henderson

“When it is shown by a plaintiff in an action against a railroad company to recover damages for killing a cow that the animal was killed by the running and operation of a train of cars, the law raises a presumption of negligence against the company, and, without 'more, the plaintiff is entitled to recover the value of the animal killed. Such presumption, however, may be rebutted; and when the evidence of the engineer . . on the locomotive which struck the animal is to the effect that she came upon the track suddenly and immediately in front of the locomotive, and that all reasonable and…