Atlanta Metallic Casket Co. v. Hollingsworth

Hall, Judge.

In ground 4 defendants contend that the trial court erred in charging the jury that a “portion of Code Ann. § 68-1626 provides that the driver of eveiy vehicle shall, consistent with the requirements of subdivision (a) (which the court later read to the jury) drive at-an appropriate reduced speed when approaching an intersection,” after having read to the jury plaintiff’s allegation of negligence (d) above, and having charged, that the violation of a State statute is negligence per se. Defendants contend that this charge was error because the evidence did not show that there was…