Legal Opinion
Hutcheson v. Browning
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided August 21, 1925No. 16132PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, P. J.
1. In defenses to actions in tort; “what does not amount to justification may be pleaded in extenuation and mitigation pf damages.” Civil Code (1910), § 4489. When the defendant has introduced testimony tending to sustain a plea of justification, “though it fails to make it out, the jury may take such testimony into consideration in mitigation of damages.” Henderson v. Fox, 80 Ga. 479 (2) (6 S. E. 164); Ransone v. Christian, 49 Ga. 491; Ivesler v. Coe, 33 Ga. App. 620 (127 S. E. 790, 792, 793); 5 Corpus Juris, 674 (§ 112).
2. Notwithstanding the apparent dictum in Wall v. State, 69 Ga. 766…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Central Railroad v. HarrisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1886
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. McKinneySupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Jones v. McElroySupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
- Ransone v. ChristianSupreme Court of Georgia · 1872
- Ivester v. CoeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1925
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3Cited by11 opinions
- McDaniel v. Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1939
- Weathers Bros. Transfer Co. v. JarrellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1945
- Robinson v. DeVaughnCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1938
- Smith v. DavisCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1947
- Cox v. NixCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1953
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