Legal Opinion

Hill v. Callahan

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 11, 1889PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Charge of court. Pleadings. Negligence. Contributory negligence. Practice.' Before Judge Maddox. Eloyd superior court. March term, 1888. Reported in the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Simmons, Justice.

Anna Hill brought her action for damages against Daniel Callahan and T. B. Redmond; wherein she alleged that, on the 23d of December, 1886, the defendants were engaged in building a railroad, and as contractors and builders thereof had entire charge of the work and the employment of laborers, and of the manner of conducting the work; that they had employed Charles Hill, her husband, to work on said railroad as a laborer; that on the 23d of December, the defendants ordered him to go to a fire near by and thaw out a quantity of. dynamite; that very near the fire “ a box of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Central Railroad v. HarrisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1886
  2. Pierce v. Atlanta Cotton MillsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1887

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. SkipperSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  2. Ingram v. Hilton & Dodge Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1899
  3. Holland v. Durham Coal & Coke Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1908
  4. Sarman v. Seaboard Air-Line Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1924
  5. Seagraves v. ABCO Manufacturing Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1968

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