Legal Opinion
Jackson v. Ely
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided December 1, 1937No. 26427PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMacIntyre, J.
1. The defendant having introduced no evidence, and it appearing from evidence offered by the plaintiff that, while drunk and traveling at a rate of speed exceeding forty miles per hour, the defendant drove his automobile from a street in the town of Bowdon, Georgia, onto a sidewalk of that municipality and struck and painfully injured the plaintiff, a six-year-old child, this court can not reverse the judgment on the general grounds of the motion for new trial.
2. The court properly confined the jury to a consideration of the specifications of negligence set out in the petition.
3. Por no…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Savannah Electric Co. v. BennettSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. FordCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1912
- Atlantic & Birmingham Railway Co. v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
- Southern Grocery Stores Inc. v. CainCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935
- Georgia Railroad & Banking Co. v. FarmerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1932
3Cited by5 opinions
- Fields v. JacksonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1960
- Johnson v. RobersonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1953
- Justice v. BassCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1966
- McDuffie v. TannerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1963
- Reed v. DixonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980