Case Name: Hambright v. Western and Atlantic Railroad Company
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1900-10-27
Citations: 112 Ga. 36
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hambright v. Western and Atlantic Railroad Company.
Judges: All the Justices concurring.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 112
Pages: 36–37

Head Matter:
Hambright v. Western and Atlantic Railroad Company.
Argued October 1,
Decided October 27, 1900.

Opinion:
Lewis, J.
1. The affirmative and positive testimony of witnesses as to the actual facts of a particular occurrence can not be overcome by testimony which is negative in character, or consists of mere opinions.
2. As to a trespasser walking upon the track of a railroad, the duty of observing ordinary care and diligence for his protection does not devolve upon the company's servants in charge of a train until his presence upon the track becomes known to them. Atlanta Ry. Co. v. Leach, 91 Ga. 419; Atlanta Ry. Co. v. Gravitt, 93 Ga. 369.
3. Applying the above rules to the evidence in the present case, it is manifest that the plaintiff was not entitled to a recovery, and the court, therefore, did not err in directing a verdict for the defendant.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concurring.
Action for damages. Before Judge Fite. Catoosa superior court. February term, 1900.
Seaborn Wright, W. H. Odell, and Shumate & Maddox, for plaintiff. Payne & Tye and R. J. & J. McCamy, for defendant.