Brown v. Savannah Electric & Power Co.

E. F. Brown brought suit against the Savannah' Electric & Power Company for the negligent homicide of his wife. The defendant denied liability. The case proceeded to trial before a jury. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence the court, on motion of the defendant, granted a nonsuit. To this judgment the plaintiff excepted. The evidence in behalf of the plaintiff would have authorized the jury to find that the plaintiff was proceeding in his automobile, in which his wife was riding with him, on October 19, 1930, about 2 p. m., south on Waters street in the City of Savannah at a speed of…