Georgia Court of Appeals, 1924

Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Martin

Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Martin
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided July 15, 1924 · Broyles
32 Ga. App. 490; 124 S.E. 52; 1924 Ga. App. LEXIS 488

Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Martin

Opinion of the Court

Broyles, C. J.

1. The petition set forth a cause of action and the general demurrer was properly overruled.

2. When the two excerpts from the charge, as complained of in the motion for a new trial, are considered in connection with the entire charge and the facts of the case, no material error appeal’s.

*491Decided July 15, 1924. Allen & Pottle, T. M. Cunningham, for plaintiff in error. A. L. Henson, Sibley & Sibley, contra.

3. Under all the facts of the ease it ivas a question for the jury whether the alleged acts of the defendant’s negligence were the proximate cause of the plaintiff’s injuries. See, in this connection, Georgia Ry. &c. Co. v. McAllister, 126 Ga. 447 (54 S. E. 957, 7 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1177); Georgia Ry. &c. Co. v. Norris, 135 Ga. 838, 845 (70 S. E. 793).

4. The verdict was authorized by the evidence, and the court did not err in overruling the motion for a new trial.

Judgment affirmed.

Luke and Bloodioorth, JJ., concur.

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