Case ID: ga_102/html/0558-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Lumpkin, P. J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Bolden v. Georgia Railroad and Banking Company.
    Argued April 17,
    Decided May 20, 1897.
    Action for damages. Before Judge Reese. Greene superior court. February term, 1896.
    
      J. B. Park Jr., and Edward Young, for plaintiff.
    
      Joseph B. & Bryan Gumming and H. T. Lewis, for defendant.
   Lumpkin, P. J.

1. As the plaintiff’s alleged right to recover depended entirely upon the presumption of negligence raised by law against the defendant company, and as this presumption was fully overcome, and rebutted by the undisputed evidence introduced in its behalf, which showed conclusively that there was upon its part no negligence at all, the verdict for the defendant was demanded, and therefore should not be disturbed.

2. A juror’s affidavit is incompetent to show any fact tending to impeach or invalidate his verdict.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concurring, except Msh, J., disqualified.