CENTRAL OF GA. RAILWAY CO. v. HESTER

36201.

94 Ga. App. 226 (1956)

94 S.E.2d 124

CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY COMPANY v. HESTER.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied July 17, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James K. Rankin, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, for plaintiff in error.

Dudley Cook, Joe Parris, contra.


GARDNER, P. J.

Originally there were several assignments of error but there is only one assignment of error insisted on before this court and that is as to an excerpt from the charge of the court as follows: "By statute in this State, proof of injury by a locomotive or other vehicle being operated for hire raises the presumption that the operator was wanting in ordinary care and constitutes prima facie evidence of want of reasonable skill and care on the part of such...

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