Lumpkin, J. (After stating the foregoing facts.) 1. Voluntary drunkenness furnishes no excuse for negligence; nor does it relieve a drunken man from exercising the degree of care required of a sober man in the same circumstances. If a person is required to use ordinary care, this means that care, which every prudent man would exercise under similar circumstances. In taking the conduct…
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