Taylor v. Central Railroad & Banking Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Charge of Court. Evidence. New Trial. Damages. Practice in Supreme Court. Practice in Superior Court. Before Judge Boynton. Pike Superior Court. April Adjourned Term, 1887. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Judge.
On the 17th of October, 1884, a conflagration consumed a great part of the town of Barnesville. The fire began in a lot of cotton bales accumulated near the depot, on the right of way of the defendant, awaiting shipment. The plaintiff’s house was burned. The suit for the value of it and of the goods therein resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars. Defendant moved for a new trial on fourteen grounds. The judge granted the motion without specifying on what ground. Plaintiff excepts.
1. In such omissions to specify, if any one of the grounds *332…
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