Arnold v. Chupp

In special ground 6 it is contended that the trial court gave the plaintiff the benefit of a contention not pleaded or pressed by him. The court charged certain statutes, prefacing this portion of his instructions by the statement: “Among the acts of negligence charged by the plaintiff in his petition are certain acts which he charges were a violation of the laws of Georgia.” The court then charged statute law relating to two charges of negligence per se on the part of the defendants. He then charged: "Then there was in effect at the time and place of the occurrence set out and described and…