Case Name: Durden v. Durden et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1928-02-15
Citations: 165 Ga. 813
Docket Number: No. 6052
Parties: Durden v. Durden et al.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 165
Pages: 813–814

Head Matter:
Durden v. Durden et al.
No. 6052.
February 15, 1928.

Opinion:
Atkinson, J.
1. "A nonsuit is not granted merely because the court would not allow a verdict for plaintiff to stand. But if the plaintiff fails to make out a prima facie case, or if, admitting all the facts proved and all reasonable deductions from them, the plaintiff ought not to recover, a nonsuit will be granted." Civil Code (1910), § 5942.
2. Under the pleadings in this case and the evidence for the plaintiff, the judge did not err in granting a nonsuit.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.
T. N. Brown, for plaintiff.
A. 8. Bradley and Grayson O. Powell, for 'defendants.