Colbert v. Atlanta & Charlotte Air-Line Railway Co.

This is an action of complaint for land. On the first trial a verdict was directed for the defendant. On exception the judgment of the trial court was reversed. Atlanta & Charlotte Air-Line Railway Co. v. Colbert, 171 Ga. 196 (154 S. E. 909). On a subsequent trial, the defendant having amended his answer, a verdict was returned for the plaintiff. The defendant’s motion for a new trial was overruled, and he assigns error on that judgment.

1. The court instructed the jury: “In that connection, you are instructed that if the strip of land fifty feet broad is included in the deeds of both the…