Collins v. Porterfield
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Townsend, Judge.
The defendant in error, Porterfield, filed an action for damages in the Superior Court of Oglethorpe County against Leroy Collins for personal injuries growing out of an automobile collision allegedly the result of Collins’ negligence. The trial resulted in a verdict of $15,000 for the plaintiff.- The defendant’s motion for new trial as amended was denied, and he brings error.
1. The excerpt from the charge complained of in special gro.und 4 is controlled adversely to the movant by the ruling in Andrews Taxi &c. Co. v. McEver, 101 Ga. App. 383 (114 S. E. 2d 145). Where the…
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