Court Opinion

ID: 5570361
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-11 01:10:59.403179+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:35:44.228718
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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.