Legal Opinion
Southern Railway Company v. Georgia Kraft Company
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 21, 1988No. 44991PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Chief Justice.
We granted certiorari in Southern R. Co. v. Ga. Kraft Co., 183 Ga. App. 884 (5) (360 SE2d 605) (1987), in order to review the correctness of the jury instructions on circumstantial evidence in this civil action.
The Court of Appeals, in Division 5 of the majority opinion, concluded that the trial court did not err in instructing the jury that circumstantial evidence must be contrary to any other reasonable hypothesis in order for the burden of proof on such issue to be carried.
For the reasons given in Judge Car ley’s dissenting opinion (183 Ga. App., supra at p. 887),…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Radcliffe v. MaddoxCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1932
- Southern Railway Co. v. Georgia Kraft Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
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