Georgia Railway & Power Co. v. Gilbert

1. “In Georgia Railway & Electric Co. v. Reeves, 123 Ga. 697 (51 S. E. 610), and S. A. L. Ry. v. Bishop, 132 Ga. 71 (63 S. E. 1103), it is clearly ruled that a person injured in alighting from a moving train, or even from a stationary train, by the running of the company’s locomotive, cars, or machinery is entitled to the statutory presumption.” Southern Railway Co. v. Parham, 10 Ga. App. 531 (5), 539 (73 S. E. 763). It follows that in the present case, which was a suit to recover damages for an injury to a passenger in alighting from a street-car, the court did not err in giving in charge to…