Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. McGuire
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Floyd county — Judge Eeece.
1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.
1. The motion for a new trial challenges the correctness of the charge that “moral and reasonable certainty is all that can be expected in legal investigations,” as applicable to a civil case. This is a general principle, codified in section 5730 of the Civil Code (1910), defining the amount of mental conviction required in all eases, and when this instruction was folloAved by the statement contained in the same section, “that in all civil cases a preponderance of the testimony is con*484sidered sufficient to produce such mental conviction,” it was not injuriously inapplicable to the civil ease…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad v. BurneySupreme Court of Georgia · 1895
- South-Western Railroad v. PaulkSupreme Court of Georgia · 1858
- Georgia Railway & Electric Co. v. GillelandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
- Quiggle v. ViningSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Port Royal & Western Carolina Railway Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Loomis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1948
- White v. KnappCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1923
- Hand v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1954
- Shropshire v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1914
- Hicks v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1952
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