Legal Opinion
Orkin Exterminating Co. v. Wingate
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 18, 1951No. 33789PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTownsend, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) It is contended by the plaintiff in error that since the courts are required to take notice of primary physical laws (Rome Railway & Light Co. v. Keel, 3 Ga. App. 769 (2) 60 S. E. 468), and since reference to the Encyclopoedia would reveal that the combustion point of hydrogen and air is 1058 degrees, a temperature which could not be supposed to be present on the outside surface of a chimney, this court should hold as a matter of law that under the facts alleged in the petition it would have been impossible for a fire to have been started in the attic of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Georgia Power Company v. BlumCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1949
- Mutual Benefit Health & Accident Ass'n v. BellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1934
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. LeonardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1934
- Rome Railway & Light Co. v. KeelCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. LawleyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1925
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Orkin Exterminating Co. v. StevensCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
- Sims v. American Casualty Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
- Sheppard v. Yara Engineering Corp.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1981
- Mullis v. ChaikaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1968
- Rockmart Bank v. HallCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1966
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