Georgia Cotton Oil Co. v. Jackson

The defendant in error, David Jackson, obtained in the trial court a verdict against the Georgia Cotton Oil Company for personal injuries, and it brings here for review a judgment overruling its motion for a new trial. The brief of evidence discloses that Jackson was injured while operating, as an employee of the Oil Company, a machine known as a “ former.” As the case is to be tried again, we leave open the question whether or not, upon the merits, the plaintiff was entitled to a recovery. The judgment is reversed because, in our opinion, the trial judge committed at least two errors which…