Studevant v. Blue Springs Lumber Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Quitman — Judge Long. October 21, 1914.
1Opinion of the CourtWade, J.
1. It appears from tlie petition that the injury sued for occurred because the superintendent of the defendant company, without warning to the plaintiff, pressed down upon a certain moving belt with an iron rod at the exact time the plaintiff was in the act of replacing that belt on a pulley. Erom the allegation that the belt “had previously slipped from said pulley and had been replaced without the use of said rod and without injury to any one,” it is apparent that the proximate cause of the injury was not the failure of the defendant to have the belt properly adjusted or to inspect it, but…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Moore v. Dublin Cotton MillsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
- Dennis v. Schofield's Sons Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
- Hagins v. Southern Bell Telephone &c. Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1910
- Standard Cotton Mills v. CollumCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
3Cited by6 opinions
- Williams v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916
- Niblett v. LaGrange MillsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916
- Haynie v. Foremost Dairies Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1936
- Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. ShieldsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1917
- Wallace v. Kimball Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1917
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