City & Suburban Railway v. Findley
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroads. Damages. Negligence. Carriers. Street Railroads. Evidence. Charge of Court. Presumptions. Before Judge Harden. City Court of Savannah.
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Railroads. Damages. Negligence. Carriers. Street Railroads. Evidence. Charge of Court. Presumptions. Before Judge Harden. City Court of Savannah. July Term, 1885. To the report contained in the decision, it Is necessary to add only the following: The plaintiff testified that, at the point of his destination, the bell was rung by some other passenger and the car stopped; that several passengers got off, the plaintiff being about the last; that he placed one foot on the ground, the other being on the step, when the car started and threw him to the ground, breaking his leg at the thigh and…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
Findley sued the City and Suburban Railway Company for injuries occasioned by the negligence of its servants in running the car, he being a passenger thereon. The jury gave him a verdict for $1,500.00, andón a motion for a new trial being denied, the Railway Company assigns error on the several grounds taken in its motion.
1. The first, second and third grounds proceed upon the averments that the verdict is contrary to the evidence and to law.
On a very careful reading of all the evidence in the record, we are very clear that the verdict is supported overwhelmingly by the…
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