Southern Ry. Co. v. Patton

• Decision Date: 06 March 1912
• Docket Number: 3,737.
• Citation: Southern Ry. Co. v. Patton, 73 S.E. 1075, 10 Ga.App. 678 (Ga. App. 1912)
• Parties: SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. PATTON.
• Court: Georgia Court of Appeals

73 S.E. 1075

10 Ga.App. 678

SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. PATTON.

No. 3,737.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

March 6, 1912

Syllabus by the Court.

The undisputed evidence showed that plaintiff's steers were killed by the running of the locomotive and cars of the defendant railroad company, and their value was proved.The presumption of negligence thus raised was not clearly rebutted, and, in the absence of any error of law, the verdict, approved by the trial judge must be affirmed.

Error from Superior Court, Habersham County; J. B. Jones, Judge.

Action by J. T. Patton against the Southern Railway Company.Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.Affirmed.

Harold W. Ketron and A. G. & Julian McCurry, for plaintiff in error.

Claude Bond, for defendant in error.

HILL, C.J.

Judgment affirmed.