Legal Opinion

Frazier v. Georgia Railroad & Banking Co.

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided July 27, 1899PublishedCited by 63 opinions

Action for damages. Before Judge Reese. Taliaferro superior court. August term, 1898.

1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, P. J.

1. When a plaintiff’s right to recover depended upon the establishment of a particular fact, and the only proof offered for this purpose was circumstantial evidence from which the existence of such fact might be inferred, but which did not demand a finding to that effect, a recovery by the plaintiff was not lawful, when, by the positive and uncontradicted testimony of unimpeached witnesses, which was perfectly consistent with the circumstantial evidence relied on by the plaintiff, it was affirmatively shown that no such fact existed.

2. It results from an application of the above to the…

2Cited by63 opinions

  1. Pennsylvania Railroad v. ChamberlainSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  2. Lankford v. HoltonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
  3. Myers v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1944
  4. Neill v. HillCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1924
  5. Haas & Howell v. GodbyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1924

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