Georgia Court of Appeals, 1916

Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Morris

Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Morris
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided January 7, 1916 · Wade
17 Ga. App. 445; 87 S.E. 604; 1916 Ga. App. LEXIS 1004

Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Morris

Opinion of the Court

Wade, J.

Under the live-stock contract limiting the liability of the railroad, made in consideration of the reduced rate of freight, the verdict returned by the jury in the justice’s court was unauthorized. The judge of the superior court therefore erred in overruling the certiorari.

Judgment reversed.

Certiorari; from Gordon superior court — Judge Fite. February 24, 1915.Tye, Peeples & Jordan, Starr & Paschall, for plaintiff in error.' J. G. B. Erwin, contra.

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