SEABOARD RAILROAD CO. v. WALLACE

26178.

227 Ga. 363 (1971)

180 S.E.2d 743

SEABOARD COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY et al. v. WALLACE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided March 4, 1971.

Rehearing Denied March 18, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry E. Pedrick, E. Kontz Bennett, Jr., Ben T. Willoughby, for appellants.

Jack J. Helms, Brooks E. Blitch, III, for appellee.


FELTON, Justice.

The Court of Appeals has requested an answer to the following certified questions:

[1] "Is it proper for counsel (in this instance counsel for the plaintiff) to suggest in his argument to the jury: `So, I think the best way to determine what this mother lost is to make a self case of it ... put yourself in her place.'? See Earl v. Edwards, 117 Ga.App. 559 (3) (161 S.E.2d 438

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