Case Name: Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Rountree
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1912-03-06
Citations: 10 Ga. App. 696
Docket Number: 3753
Parties: Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Rountree.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 10
Pages: 696–696

Head Matter:
3753.
Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Rountree.
Decided March 6, 1912.
Action for damages; from city court of Sandersville — .Judge Jor-
dan.
September 27, 1911.
F. E. Saffold, J. J. Earns, for plaintiff in error.
Goodwin & Wood, contra.

Opinion:
Hill, O. J.
1. Tlie written requests to charge so far as applicable, are fully and clearly covered by the general instructions to the jury.
2. The excerpts from the charge of the court, considered in connection with the charge as a whole, contain no error.
3. The law of comparative negligence and consequent diminution of damages, embodied in the Civil Code (1910), § 2781, was correctly charged, and the size of the verdict indicates that it was applied to the evidence by the jury, favorably to the defendant.
4. No error appears, and the evidence fully supports the verdict.
Judgment affirmed.