ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD CO. v. ROWE

33391.

83 Ga. App. 733 (1951)

64 S.E.2d 689

ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD Co. v. ROWE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided April 16, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Spencer Bennet, Jackson & English, T. K. Vann Jr., for plaintiff in error.

Jon P. Knight, George Jordan, Gibson & Maddox, contra.


MacINTYRE, P. J.

Under the presumptive negligence statute (Code § 94-1108), which provides: "In all actions against railroad companies for damages done to persons or property, proof of injury inflicted by the running of locomotives or cars of such companies shall be prima facie evidence of the want of reasonable skill and care on the part of the servants of the companies in reference to such injury," the burden of proof, once the plaintiff makes out a prima facie...

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