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MORRIS et al. v. DODSON.
48997.
STOLZ, Judge.
Action for damages. Richmond Superior Court. Before Judge Pierce.
Defendants appeal from a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff in an action arising out of a collision between the plaintiff's automobile and the defendants' automobile.
In his charge to the jury, the trial judge erroneously gave a charge on the law of accident. This charge was not requested by either party and was not authorized by the evidence. Upon objection by plaintiff's counsel, the judge withdrew the charge from the jury's consideration and instructed the jury, "Both parties contend there was negligence on somebody's part that caused this accident--or caused this collision, and you will fix that liability wherever it falls." The foregoing quoted portion of the recharge was not objected to by the defendants. See Gurin v. Harris, 129 Ga. App. 561, 562 (200 SE2d 368) and cits.
Accordingly, the trial judge did not err in overruling the defendants' motion for new trial as amended.
McGahee, Plunkett, Benning & Fletcher, Jack E. McGahee, for appellee.
Starkey S. Flythe, for appellants.
SUBMITTED JANUARY 17, 1974 -- DECIDED FEBRUARY 20, 1974.
Wednesday December 3 02:22 CST


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