Hale v. Goodwin

Alice M. Hale, as Administratrix of the Estate of Fred Hale, brought suit claiming that defendant’s negligence caused a collision between two semi-tractor units and *322resulted in her husband’s death. The cause was tried to a jury and a verdict was returned for the defendant.

The plaintiff-appellant assigns as error the refusal of the trial court to give the following charge before argument as requested:—

“Before the plaintiff can recover a verdict in this case, she is required to prove her claims to be true by what is known as the preponderance or the greater weight of the evidence.

“This does not…