Legal Opinion

Carter v. Bishop

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 10, 1953No. 18186PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Almand, Justice.

Mrs. Delories Bishop, by next friend, in an action against Carter Contracting Company, a motor common carrier, on account of the death of her husband by reason oí negligence, statutory and simple, of the defendant, recovered a verdict. The defendant’s motion for a new trial as amended was overruled, and the Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment denying a new trial. We granted the defendant’s application for certiorari to the Court of Appeals. A full statement of the facts and questions at issue, and the opinion of the Court of Appeals, will be found in 87 Ga. App. 554 (74 S.…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Grant v. KnepperNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
  2. Cooper v. LoweryCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
  3. White v. Levi & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1911
  4. Samples v. ShawCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933
  5. Butler v. Mechanics Iron Foundry Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Chevron Oil Co. v. Sutton Ex Rel. SuttonNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1973
  2. Fulghum Industries, Inc. v. Pollard Lumber Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
  3. Phillips v. DixonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
  4. Mason v. PowellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1955
  5. Knight Ex Rel. Brown v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.District Court, S.D. Georgia · 1995

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