True, the counts charge the injury to the plaintiff as proximately caused by the negligence of the motorman, and there was proof that he was acting upon signals or instructions from the conductor. If he acted solely upon the orders or instructions of the conductor^ with no notice that a compliance with such instructiоns would probably produce injury, his act would not be negligence. A. G. S. R. R. v. Richie,
Charge 6 requested by the defendant doеs not appear to have been indorsed “Given” or “Refused” by the trial court, аs the statute requires so as to authorize this court to consider same. .It is sufficient to say, however, that it was fully covered by defendant’s given charge “A,” which is perhaps more favorable to the defendant than charge 6.
“The attorney for the plaintiff in his closing argument to the jury stated to the jury as a fact that the plaintiff was a mother and a wife and remarked that the jury knew what a mother meant to a home and urged the jury to increase her damages on account thereof. The defеndant objected to (this argument and the court sustained the objection, remarking: ‘No, that has nothing to do with the case.’ The attorney for the plaintiff then remarked tо the jury: ‘Gentlemen, a hit dog barks.’ The attorney for. the defendant thereupon called the court’s attention to this remark as being highly improper and asked the cоurt to instruct the jury to the effect that a remark of that kind was improper, but the court replied: ‘Do-not do that again. Go on with the argument gentlemen.’ ”
As to the first remark, thе court not only sustained the defendant’s objection but instructed the jury that it had nothing to dо with the case. As to the second remark,
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there was no objection to samе, or motion to exclude, but the court was requested to instruct to the “effect” that it was improper. The trial court did not specifically tell the jury that the remark was improper, but did in effect do so by admonishing counsel not to do that again. Moreover, there was no further objection, suggestion, or exception to indicаte that defendant was not satisfied with the action of the court. Hence, we cannot put the trial court in error in this respect as upon the main trial. Therefоre, the question arises, as to whether or not these remarks were so erroneous and prejudicial that the action of the trial court in attempting to erаdicate same failed to remove the sting to the extent that the same influenсed the jury to the prejudice of the defendant. The trial court was present and was an eyewitness to all of the proceedings, and in overruling the defendant’s motion for a new trial in effect found that said remarks were not prejudicial to thе defendant. Therefore the action of the trial court in overruling the motion for a new trial will not be disturbed by this court unless it affirmatively appears from the entire record that the argument involved was probably prejudicial to the defendant, either as to result or the amount of damages assessed. Under one phase оf the evidence, the defendant was unquestionably liable, and while the injuries involved nо broken limbs the plaintiff’s proof showed that she suffered therefrom and that her anklе continued to trouble her up to the time of the trial, nearly a year after the accident, and we do not think that the verdict was so excessive as to indicаte that the jury was moved by prejudice or passion in the fixation of same. Thames v. L. & N. R. R.,
The judgment of the circuit court is affirmed.
Affirmed.