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Goodwin v. Rockett

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jan 17, 1962
124 S.E.2d 309 (Ga. Ct. App. 1962)

Opinion

39304.

DECIDED JANUARY 17, 1962.

Action for damages. Bulloch Superior Court. Before Judge Usher.

Kennedy Sognier, John G. Kennedy, Jr., Anderson Sanders, Cohen Anderson, Faye Sanders, for plaintiffs in error.

Neville Neville, William J. Neville, contra.


In cases involving collisions between motor vehicles at street intersections, questions of comparative or contributory negligence and proximate cause are peculiarly for the jury. Thomas v. Carroll, 97 Ga. App. 181 ( 102 S.E.2d 617). A petition alleging that the plaintiff, traveling at a legal speed of less than 25 miles per hour, had the right of way at an intersection, and that the defendant's tractor-trailer combination, approaching on the cross street, failed to stop at a stop sign, but entered the highway and turned in front of plaintiff's vehicle when the plaintiff was within only a few yards of the intersection, making it impossible for the plaintiff to avoid a collision, was not subject to general demurrer on the ground that it failed to set out a cause of action. Shipman v. Johnson, 87 Ga. App. 538 ( 74 S.E.2d 557).

Judgment affirmed. Carlisle, P. J., and Eberhardt, J., concur.

DECIDED JANUARY 17, 1962.


Summaries of

Goodwin v. Rockett

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jan 17, 1962
124 S.E.2d 309 (Ga. Ct. App. 1962)
Case details for

Goodwin v. Rockett

Case Details

Full title:GOODWIN et al. v. ROCKETT

Court:Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Jan 17, 1962

Citations

124 S.E.2d 309 (Ga. Ct. App. 1962)
124 S.E.2d 309