Legal Opinion
Waller v. Southern Ice & Coal Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 18, 1916PublishedCited by 20 opinions
Action for damages. Before Judge Mathews. Bibb superior court. December 18, 1914.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
Where the driver of an automobile truck which belonged to the defendant company, and which was used solely for the purpose of carrying ice, while driving the truck, apparently in the ordinary discharge of his duties, upon the reqtiest of a boy having in charge as nurse a child of tender years, permitted the nurse and the child in his charge to get upon the running-board of the truck, which was about twelve inches from the ground and about twelve inches broad, and ride thereon, such action upon the part of the driver in giving permission to the children to mount the running-board and in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Driscoll v. ScanlonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
- Bowler v. O'ConnellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1894
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. HudsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
- Dover v. . Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1911
- Central Georgia Power Co. v. WalkerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1915
3Cited by20 opinions
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- Morris v. Fruit Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1924
- Murphey v. New South Brewery & Ice Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1916
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