Seaboard Air-Line Railway v. Brewton
Court of Appeals of Georgia
(Certiorari granted by the Supreme Court.) Action for damages; from Bryan superior court—Judge Sheppard. June 15, 1918.
1Opinion of the CourtLuke, J.
1. Even if the court erred in instructing the jury as to the measure of damages, as alleged in the motion for a new trial, the error must be treated as immaterial, since there is no specific complaint that the verdict returned by the jury was too large. “Where there is no complaint of excessive damages, it is immaterial what measured them.” Gainesville & Northern R. Co. v. Galloway, 17 Ga. App. 703 (5), 703 (87 S. E. 1093); Gainesville Midland Ry. v. Jackson, 1 Ga. App. 633, 635 (57 S. E. 1007); Central Railroad v. Harris, 76 Ga. 501 (3).
2. Error is assigned on the following instruction to…
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