Legal Opinion
Carruthers v. City of Hawkinsville
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided January 15, 1931No. 19565PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, P. J.
1. Under answers returned by the Supreme Court to questions certified to it in this case (171 Ga. 313), the petition was not subject to demurrer on the ground that the claim for damages submitted to the governing authorities of the defendant municipality before suit did not meet the requirements of the Civil Code (1910), § 910.
2. In the operation, of an electric-light and w'ater plant, a municipal corporation is engaged in a non-governmental function, and is liable in damages to persons injured by reason of negligence on the part of the municipality or its servants in the conduct of such…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Huey v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
- Elk Cotton Mills v. GrantSupreme Court of Georgia · 1913
- Carruthers v. City of HawkinsvilleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1930
- Adepe v. City of ThomasvilleCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
- Talmage v. TiftCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1920
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Aven v. Steiner Cancer Hospital Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- City of East Point v. Upchurch Packing Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1938
- Lawson v. City of MoultrieSupreme Court of Georgia · 1942
- Johnson v. State of GeorgiaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1962
- Orkin Exterminating Co. v. WingateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1951
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