Georgia Power Company v. Johnson

Banke, Judge.

The appellee in this case seeks to recover damages for the appellant power company’s commission of what he characterizes as the tort of “outrage.” The alleged outrage was the company’s action in naming 18 heirs of W. W. Perry as parties to a condemnation proceeding involving a tract of real estate owned by the appellee, despite the fact that the Perry heirs no longer owned any interest in the property. Alleging that the company’s motive in bringing the Perry heirs into the case was to cause him uncertainty about his title and thereby to injure his “feelings, peace, and…