Case Name: SHEPPARD v. SHEPPARD et al.
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1966-10-10
Citations: 114 Ga. App. 451
Docket Number: 42305
Parties: SHEPPARD v. SHEPPARD et al.
Judges: Nichols, P. J., and Deen, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 114
Pages: 451–452

Head Matter:
42305.
SHEPPARD v. SHEPPARD et al.
Argued September 13, 1966
Decided October 10, 1966.

Opinion:
Hall, Judge.
The evidence in this negligence action shows that the injuries of the plaintiff were due to the negligence of the defendant, or to the plaintiff's own negligence, or to both.
The trial court erred in overruling the plaintiff's motion for new trial on the ground that the court charged the jury principles of law relating to unavoidable accident. Atlantic C. L. R. Co. v. Jones, 132 Ga. 189, 196 (63 SE 834); Everett v. Clegg, 213 Ga. 168 (97 SE2d 689); Toles v. Hair, 83 Ga. App. 144 (63 SE2d 3); accord Bush v. Skelton, 91 Ga. App. 83, 85 (84 SE2d 835).
Judgment reversed.
Nichols, P. J., and Deen, J., concur.
McCamy, Minor, Vining & Phillips, Joseph T. Tuggle, Jr., for appellant.
Mitchell & Mitchell, D. W. Mitchell, Jr., for appellee.