Couey v. Bracewell, 111 Ga. App. 758

Jones & Douglas, Eric L. Jones, for plaintiff in error.

B. B. Hayes, H. Dale Thompson, Smith, Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hancock, James B. Hiers, Jr., Richard H. Monk, Jr., contra.

FELTON, Chief Judge.

This is a companion ‍​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‍case to Bracewell v. Bracewell, ante. The evidence authorized the jury to find that the plaintiff‘s injuries were caused by the concurring acts of negligence by the joint defendants. The only ground urged in this case is ‍​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‍that the host driver‘s negligence was the sole proximate cause of the injuries sued for. The court did not err in overruling the motion of this defendant, but a new trial must be granted him upon ‍​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‍proper application, inasmuch as the verdict was joint and a new trial is granted to the codefendant, the plaintiff in error in the case of Bracewell v. Bracewell, ante. Smith v. Barnett, 109 Ga. App. 142 (135 SE2d 435).

The ‍​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‍court did not err in overruling the motion for a new trial.

Judgment affirmed. Jordan and Russell, JJ., concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Couey v. Bracewell

Court Name: Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date Published: May 4, 1965

Citations: 111 Ga. App. 758; 111 Ga. App. 760; 143 S.E.2d 7; 1965 Ga. App. LEXIS 1088; 41196

Docket Number: 41196

Court Abbreviation: Ga. Ct. App.