Supreme Court of Georgia, 1928

Durden v. Durden

Durden v. Durden
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided February 15, 1928 · Atkinson
165 Ga. 813; 142 S.E. 151; 1928 Ga. LEXIS 69

Durden v. Durden

Opinion of the Court

Atkinson, J.

1. “A nonsuit is not granted merely because the court would not allow a verdict for plaintiff to stand. But if the plaintiff fails to make out a prima facie case, or if, admitting all the facts proved and all reasonable deductions from them, the plaintiff ought not to recover, a nonsuit will be granted.” Civil Code (1910), § 5942.

2. Under the pleadings in this case and the evidence for the plaintiff, the judge did not err in granting a nonsuit.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur. T. N. Brown, for plaintiff. A. 8. Bradley and Grayson O. Powell, for 'defendants.

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