Nixon v. Williams
| Decision Date | 13 August 1920 |
| Docket Number | 11132. |
| Parties | NIXON v. WILLIAMS. |
| Court | Georgia Court of Appeals |
Syllabus by the Court.
Where an act is of a nature calculated to produce a certain injury, the causal connection, if any, between such act and the injury, is not necessarily broken by an intervening act which bears a causal relation to the injury. Either the original act or the intervening act may be the legal cause of the injury.
Where the plaintiff was driving a horse attached to a buggy along a public highway, and the horse became frightened by the operation of an approaching automobile of the defendant, and fell into a ditch and was injured, the act of a third person in the buggy with the plaintiff in grabbing the lines and attempting to control the frightened horse, which pulled the horse into the ditch, where he was injured, was not necessarily the legal cause of the injury.
Whether the operation of the defendant's automobile in frightening the horse, or the grabbing of the lines by the third party, was the legal cause of the injury to the horse, and whether or not the defendant was negligent, were issues for a jury.
The motion for new trial contained only the general grounds. The verdict for the plaintiff, being supported by the evidence, and having the approval of the trial judge, will not be disturbed.
Error from City Court of Carrollton; Jas. Beall, Judge.
Action by P. B. Williams against S.D. Nixon. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. Affirmed.
S. Holderness and Henry Strickland, both of Carrollton, for plaintiff in error.
Smith & Smith, of Carrollton, for defendant in error.
Judgment affirmed.
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