Legal Opinion
Tounsel v. State Highway Department
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 18, 1935No. 10161PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Gilbert, Justice.
The question here propounded is restricted to the sole consideration of whether the State Highway Department of Georgia is subject to a suit for damages, brought by an employee of a bridge contractor, injured by the collapse of the structure in process of completion, by reason of improper and defective material used in the construction of the bridge and the negligent construction thereof, the engineer having the structure in charge representing the State Highway Department, having knowledge of the defects and the negligence, and failing to warn the person injured. The precise…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Cornelisen v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1917
- Millwood v. DeKalb CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
- County of Monroe v. FlyntSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888
- Smith v. Wilkes & McDuffie CountiesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1887
- Scales v. Ordinary of Chattahoochee CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1870
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3Cited by48 opinions
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- Intracoastal Transportation, Inc., and Anderson Marine Construction, Inc. v. Decatur County, Georgia, Department of TransportationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Arnold v. WaltonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
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