Covington v. Western & Atlantic Railroad
Supreme Court of Georgia
Railroads. Damages. Negligence. Passengers. Charge of court. Before Judge Eain. Gordon superior court. August term, 1887. Reported in tbe decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.. Tbe injury to tbe plaintiff is alleged to have resulted from the failure of the defendant to stop the train at the station a sufficient time to allow him to alight from it in safety.
1. The first ground of the amended motion for new -.trial is, that the court refused to give the following •-charge as requested: “ The law allows you to take account of the excitement under which an act is done, ..even where the party is not menaced with bodily .hurt, if the circumstances are such as naturally to produce excitement in a prudent person.”
¥e cannot say that this is not good law…
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