Trammell v. Matthews

Plaintiff’s petition, as amended, was not subject to the grounds of general demurrer urged. It appeared from the petition that the plaintiff’s husband sustained injuries, as a result of the alleged negligence of the defendant, from which he died, and that he would not have been so injured had the defendant not been guilty of the negligence charged.

Questions of negligence are ordinarily jury questions and not questions of law for the court. Rome Ry. & Light Co. v. King, 30 Ga. App. 231 (117 S. E. 464). The plaintiff alleged, among other salient acts of negligence, that had the defendant placed…