Shore v. Brown
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Trover; from city court of Hall county—Judge Wheeler. July 7. 1916.
1Opinion of the CourtBloodworth, J.
1. “If the plaintiff fails to make out a prima facie case, or if, admitting all the facts proved and all reasonable deductions from them, the plaintiff ought not to recover, a nonsuit will be granted. ” Civil Code, § 5942.
2. Where the plaintiff fails to make out a prima facie case as stated above, and the defendant does not move for a nonsuit, the court may, in the economy of time and money, on its own motion enter judgment of non-suit. Moody v. Davis, 10 Ga. 403 (3) ; Moore v. Cameron, 12 Ga. 265; Kelly v. Strouse, 116 Ga. 872 (8), 893 (43 S. E. 280).
3. Where the only evidence for the…
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