Crouch v. Nicholson

Jordan, Judge.

1. The first enumerated error asserts that the trial court erred in giving requested instructions that if the jury found that the decedent violated the law, and that this “constituted the proximate cause” of the occurrence, the plaintiffs would not be entitled to recover.

The appellants contend that under such circumstances the plaintiff’s negligence must be “the sole proximate cause” and that failure to use the word “sole” constitutes reversible error.

The instructions correctly stated an abstract principle of law. See Porter v. Southern R. Co., 74 Ga. App. 546 (4) (40 SE2d 438).…