Case Name: Southern Railway Company v. Camp
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1902-06-07
Citations: 115 Ga. 661
Docket Number: 
Parties: Southern Railway Company v. Camp.
Judges: All the Justices concurring, except Lewis, J., absent.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 115
Pages: 661–661

Head Matter:
Southern Railway Company v. Camp.
Submitted May 1,
Decided June 7, 1902.
Action for damages. Before Judge Reece. City court of Floyd ■county. December 31, 1901. *
Shumate & Maddox, for plaintiff in error..
Harris, Chamice & Harris and Louche & Louehé, contra.

Opinion:
Fish, J.
The evidence in behalf of the plaintiff established a right to recover ; and though the testimony of the defendant's witnesses, if credible, made out a complete defense, yet as there was a conflict between their testimony and that of a witness for the plaintiff upon a material point, the former swearing that the animal killed did not get upon the railroad-track until the locomotive was within ten or fifteen feet of the place where the animal came upon the track, and the latter testifying that the animal was on the track when the train was seventy-five or one hundred yards distant from it, the verdict against the company was not unwarranted. In such a case the jury are authorized, because of the conflict, to reject the testimony in behalf of the defendant and base their finding on that introduced by the plaintiff.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concurring, except Lewis, J., absent.