 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1879 - 756 էջ
...crossed the same. In this class of physical injuries the 2972nd section of the Code declares, that if the plaintiff by ordinary care, could have avoided...defendant's negligence, he is not entitled to recover. But in other cases, the defendant is not relieved although the plaintiff may in some way have contributed... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1889 - 936 էջ
...to present to the jury the law contained in sections 2972 and 3034 of the code of 1882, as follows: "If the plaintiff, by ordinary care, could have avoided...defendant's negligence, he is not entitled to recover. No person shall recover damage from a railroad company for injury to himself or his property, where... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1878 - 708 էջ
...contrary to law, contrary to the evidence, and because the court erred in charging the jury that " if the plaintiff, by ordinary care, could have avoided...consequences to himself caused by the defendant's negligence (if the evidence shows negligence on the part of the defendant), the plaintiff will not be entitled... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1888 - 946 էջ
...set forth in section 2972 of the Code, to-wit: If the plaintiff (in this case plaintiff's husband) by ordinary care could have avoided the consequences...to himself, caused by the defendant's negligence, she is not entitled to recover. The point was decided at this term in the case of Harris vs. The Central... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1886 - 990 էջ
...ordinary care (and I have given the definition of ordinary care and diligence), if William H. Meigs, by ordinary care, could have avoided the consequences to himself caused by the defendant's negligence, she is not entitled to recover." (17.) That the court erred in adding to his charge, as The Western... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1883 - 926 էջ
...property, and thereby omitted and ignored the important ground of defence relied upon in this case, that " If the plaintiff by ordinary care could have avoided the consequences to himself by the defendant's negligence, he is not entitled to recover." Code, 2972. We are of opinion this complaint... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1885 - 952 էջ
...solely by his own negligence; and failed to charge the jury as requested by defendant's counsel, " that if the plaintiff, by ordinary care, could have avoided the consequences to himself by the defendant's negligence, he was not entitled to recover." For the failure to give this principle... | |
 | Georgia Public Service Commission - 1900 - 304 էջ
...convey persons refused, seeking to interfere with their own business or interest. Code, Section 2296. D A carrier of passengers is bound also to extraordinary diligence on behalf of himself and Carrier of his agents, to protect the hves and persons of his passengers. But he is not liable for... | |
 | Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson - 1883 - 796 էջ
...proportion to the amount of default attributable to him." Still another section, 2972, declares that "if the plaintiff, by ordinary care, could have avoided...defendant's negligence, he is not entitled to recover ; but in other cases the defendant is not relieved, although the plaintiff may in some way have contributed... | |
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If the plaintiff by ordinary care could have avoided the consequences to himself caused by the defendant's negligence, he Is not entitled to recover. But in other cases the defendant is not relieved, although the plaintiff may In some way have contributed... 
