Decatur County v. Philyaw

1. “A traveler on tlie public highway, exercising due care, although he knows there is some danger in driving over a defective bridge, may recover for injuries thus sustained, unless the danger is obviously of such a character that driving over the bridge, in and of itself, amounts to a want of ordinary care.” Elbert County v. Threlkeld, 145 Ga. 133 (88 S. E. 683). The charge of the court, having followed this language of the Supreme Court, and being otherwise *703qualified and enlarged by a correct statement of the law relative to tbe burden of proof, the respective duties of the plaintiff and…