Georgia Power Co. v. Gillespie

This was an action brought by Mrs. Nannie Gillespie in the superior court of Barrow eountjr, seeking to recover damages for the death of her husband, Grady Gillespie, as a result of *789the alleged negligence of the defendant. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff. The defendant’s motion for a new trial was overruled. To this ruling the defendant excepted.

It appears that during the early part of the fall of 1929, the Georgia Power Company entered into a contract with the Empire Construction Company whereby the Empire Construction Company agreed to rebuild the…