Case Name: Steinhauser v. Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co.
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1903-06-03
Citations: 118 Ga. 195
Docket Number: 
Parties: Steinhauser v. Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co.
Judges: By five Justices.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 118
Pages: 195–195

Head Matter:
Steinhauser v. Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co.
Argued February 26, —
Decided June 3, 1903.
Action for damages. Before Judge Norwood. City court of .Savannah. July 16, 1902.
Toomer & Reynolds and Alexander & Hitch, for plaintiff.
W. L. Clay, Shelby Myrich, and W. G. Charlton, for defendant.

Opinion:
3?ish, J.
1. While, in a suit against a railway company for damages alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff in the employment of the company, in consequence of the negligence of the defendant, a nonsuit should be granted when the evidence for the plaintiff plainly shows negligence on his part, yet if, under the evidence, the question of the plaintiff's negligence is doubtful, it should be determined by the jury, and the grant of a nonsuit is erroneous. Central Railroad v. Freeman, 66 Ga. 170; Cook v. Western & Atlantic Railroad, 69 Ga. 619; Redding v. Mast Tennessee Railroad, 74 Ga. 385.
2. The plaintiff having shown negligence on the part of the defendant, and it being doubtful, under the evidence, whether or not he was also negligent, " the court erred in granting a nonsuit.
Judgment reversed.
By five Justices.