Means v. City of Barnesville
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from Lamar superior court— Judge Searcy. February 25, 1922.
1Opinion of the CourtBroyles, C. J.
1. A municipal corporation is not liable for the wrongdoing or negligence of its police officers in the discharge of their ministerial duties. Wilson v. Mayor &c. of Macon, 88 Ga. 455 (14 S. E. 710), and authorities cited.
2. Under the ruling in the preceding note, it follows that where a child, endeavoring to cross a street in a city, was prevented, by a long line of automobiles parked, in violation of an ordinance of the city, near the sidewalk from which the child stepped, from seeing m the middle of the street an oncoming automobile, which ran against and killed the child, the city was not…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- City of Lafayette v. TimberlakeIndiana Supreme Court · 1882
- Faulkner v. City of AuroraIndiana Supreme Court · 1882
- Schultz v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1880
- Shaw v. Mayor of MaconCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
- Wilson v. Mayor of MaconSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Cain v. Georgia Power Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1936
- Gallahar v. George A. Rheman Co.District Court, S.D. Georgia · 1943
- City of Cumming v. ChastainCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1958
- Morrison v. Columbus Transportation Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1929
- Rutledge v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973