Case Name: Eubanks v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1913-10-07
Citations: 13 Ga. App. 562
Docket Number: 4830
Parties: Eubanks v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 13
Pages: 562–562

Head Matter:
4830.
Eubanks v. Central of Georgia Railway Co.
Decided October 7, 1913.
Action for damages; from city court of Sandersville — Judge Jordan. March 10, 1913.
Evans & Evans, for plaintiff.
F. H. Sajfolk, J. J. Harris, for defendant.

Opinion:
Hill, C. J.
The jury were authorized to infer that the plaintiff's minor son was killed by the running of the locomotive and ears of the defendant company; and, therefore, the statutory presumption of negligence as charged in the petition was raised against the company. The defendant company introduced evidence tending to rebut this presumption. The evidence was not of such probative weight and effect as clearly to rebut the presumption of negligence and leave the question to be determined as one of law. The direction of a verdict for the defendant was therefore erroneous. Civil Code (1910), § 5926; Davis v. Kirkland, 1 Ga. App. 5 (58 S. E. 209); Ellenberg v. Southern Ry. Co., 5 Ga. App. 389 (63 S. E. 240); Bryson v. Southern Ry. Co., 3 Ga. App. 407 (59 S. E. 1124).
Judgment reversed.