Central Georgia Power Co. v. Pope
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Beid. Newton superior court. August 8, 1914. W. C. Pope brought suit against the Central Georgia Power Company, seeking to recover damages alleged to have arisen from a nuisance created by the backing of water caused by the dam of the defendant.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Beid. Newton superior court. August 8, 1914. W. C. Pope brought suit against the Central Georgia Power Company, seeking to recover damages alleged to have arisen from a nuisance created by the backing of water caused by the dam of the defendant. The petition alleged that the defendant negligently and impropérly erected its dam and constructed its plant, in not acquiring, by condemnation or otherwise, sufficient land to enable it to carry on its business so as not to injure the plaintiff’s land; and in that the defendant did not clean off the reservoir and…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) This case was before the Supreme Court on exceptions to the ruling of the trial court upon a demurrer. 141 Ga. 186 (80 S. E. 642). Several of the grounds of the motion for a new trial were expressly abandoned in the brief. Some of the others were palpably without merit, and require no discussion.
1. The contention that certain jurors were disqualified, because of relationship to plaintiffs in other cases against the defendant, is controlled by the decision in Central Georgia Power Co. v. Nolen, 143 Ga. 776 (85 S. E. 945). The proceeding was not a challenge…
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