Georgia Railway & Electric Co. v. Cocke
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior court. July SO, 1910.
1Opinion of the CourtEish, C. J.
1. On the trial of an action against a railway company for personal injuries, the court pi-operly excluded evidence offered by the defendant, that “She [the plaintiff] was not paying a great deal of attention to where she was going.” This was merely the expression of the opinion of the witness. The ruling excluding it on objections thereto will be sustained, though no specific ground of objection was made to its admission.
2. The court gave this instruction: “The jury should reconcile conflicting evidence whenever possible, so as to make all the witnesses speak the truth and impute perjury to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. RogersSupreme Court of Georgia · 1911
- Purvis v. Atlanta Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1911
3Cited by3 opinions
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- Haynes v. PhillipsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1943
- Henrich v. McCauleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1923