Legal Opinion

Alabama Great Southern Railroad v. Brock

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 16, 1913PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Action for damages. Before Judge Fite. Dade superior court. November 24, 1911.

1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.

1. In formulating rules for the jury’s guidance in determining what weight they should give to the testimony of conflicting witnesses, after instructing them that they may look to the witnesses as they appear on the stand, their manner of testifying, their interest or want of interest in the case, their feeling, prejudice, bias, relationship to'the parties and to the case, or anything of that kind that may appear from the evidence, an instruction that the jury may believe that witness “who has the best means of knowing the facts about which he testifies, and the least inducement to swear…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. RogersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
  2. Southern Railway Co. v. O'BryanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  3. Nashville, Chattanooga & Saint Louis Railway v. ParisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1912

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Steele v. GravesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1925
  2. Estill v. EstillSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919
  3. Young v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1951

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