Legal Opinion

Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway Co. v. Bigham

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 8, 1898PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Action for damages. Before Judge Berry. City court of Atlanta. November term, 1897.

1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.

1. Objections to evidence can not be considered by this court,, unless the record shows that objection to the same was made at the-trial, and what that objection was.

2. The general rule as to the probative value of positive and negative testimony is subject to the qualification that other things are equal and the Witnesses are of equal credibility. It follows that a request to charge which did not embody this qualification was properly re- ■ fused. See Humphries v. State, 100 Ga. 260.

3. The evidence warranted the verdict. Other requests to charge than the one dealt with above were covered by…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Humphries v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Southern Railway Co. v. O'BryanSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  2. Rider v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
  3. Peak v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
  4. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1913
  5. Estill v. EstillSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919

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