Wells v. Steinek

1. Where the pleadings and the evidence raise the issue of whether or not the plaintiff by the exercise of ordinary care could have avoided the consequences of the defendant’s negligence, it is the duty of the trial judge to give in charge to the jury the law on this subject, without a request therefor. Seaboard Air-Line Ry. v. Bostock, 1 Ga. App. 189 (58 S. E. 136); Atlanta, K. & N. Ry. Co. v. Gardner, 122 Ga. 82 (49 S. E. 818); Deen v. Wheeler, 7 Ga. App. 507 (67 S. E. 212); *483Jackson v. Ga. R. &c. Co., 7 Ga. App. 644 (67 S. E. 898); Ga. Ry. &c. Power Co. v. Freeney, 22 Ga. App. 457 (96 S. E.…