Legal Opinion

Commercial Guano Co. v. Neather

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 13, 1901PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Action for damages. Before Judge Butt. Muscogee superior court. July 13, 1901.

1Opinion of the CourtFish, J.

1. If no error be committed in admitting or rejecting evidence, and the verdict rendered is, under the law, demanded by the evidence, it is erroneous to grant a new trial; and this is so whether the instructions to the jury are or are not free from error. There was, in the present case, no error of the nature first above indicated.

2. Working in close proximity to a large, heavy, metallic shaft revolving at an exceedingly rapid rate of speed is so obviously attended with danger that the same should be apparent to any adult of ordinary common sense, in the least degree familiar with the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. McDaniel v. Acme Brewing Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1901

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Southern States Portland Cement Co. v. HelmsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
  2. Hendrix v. Vale Royal Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1910
  3. Banks v. Schofield's Sons Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  4. Elliott v. Tifton Mill & Gin Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1913
  5. Howard v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1912

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