Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Morris

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Morris

87 S.E. 604, 17 Ga. App. 445, 1916 Ga. App. LEXIS 1004

CourtCourt of Appeals of Georgia

DecidedJanuary 7, 1916

Docket6500

StatusPublished

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Western & Atlantic Railroad v. Morris, 87 S.E. 604, 17 Ga. App. 445, 1916 Ga. App. LEXIS 1004 (Ga. Ct. App. 1916).

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Opinion

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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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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87 S.E. 604, 17 Ga. App. 445, 1916 Ga. App. LEXIS 1004, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/western-atlantic-railroad-v-morris-gactapp-1916.