Legal Opinion
City of Gainesville v. Pritchett
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 12, 1973No. 48189PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Presiding Judge.
This is an appeal by the City of Gainesville from the denial of its motion for summary judgment in a nuisance action. We find that genuine issues of material fact remain, and affirm the ruling of the trial judge.
Mr. and Mrs. Pritchett, appellees here, suffered property damage and personal injury on July 11, 1971, when in cruising the channel of the Chattahoochee River in Lake Sidney Lanier after dark they collided with a ski jump barge or float which had been towed into the channel and left there since approximately July 3. The barge had been used for a ski jump show…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Holland v. Sanfax CorporationCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
- Langley v. City CouncilSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
- Town of Fort Oglethorpe v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
- Gainesville v. DunlapSupreme Court of Georgia · 1917
- Commercial Auto Loan Corp. v. BakerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1946
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3Cited by23 opinions
- City of Bowman v. GunnellsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- City of Atlanta v. MitchamSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
- Stewart v. BoykinCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983
- Allen & Bean, Inc. v. American Bankers Insurance Co. of FloridaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. BriscoeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
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