Legal Opinion

Central Railroad v. Freeman

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided July 1, 1885Published

1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.

1. The court committed no error in stating the issues to the jury, when he informed them that the plaintiff claimed that the injuries received disabled him from performing his ordinary labor,

2. There was no error in charging to the effect that the burden *134was on the plaintiff to sustain his allegations as to the injury sustained by him ; that, to entitle him to recover, he must produce evidence sufficient to satisfy the jury that he has sustained an injury,'and that such injury was the direct and proximate consequence of the defendant’s negligence; for to constitute an actionable tort there…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Gunn v. BarrettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1882

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