Zipperer v. Mayor of Savannah
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint. Before Judge Cann. Chatham superior court. June 30, 1906. ■ ' Mrs. Maud L. Zipperer, as administratrix of the estate of her husband, E. O. Zipperer, and as his widow and head of his dependent family, consisting of herself and their minor child, Gladys, filed suit against the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, for six months’ salary, at $60 per month, and $50 funeral expenses, of her husband, alleging, that he was killed while in the discharge of his duty…
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Complaint. Before Judge Cann. Chatham superior court. June 30, 1906. ■ ' Mrs. Maud L. Zipperer, as administratrix of the estate of her husband, E. O. Zipperer, and as his widow and head of his dependent family, consisting of herself and their minor child, Gladys, filed suit against the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, for six months’ salary, at $60 per month, and $50 funeral expenses, of her husband, alleging, that he was killed while in the discharge of his duty as a policeman of the City of Savannah; that under the ordinances of that- city “every member of said police force who…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
(After stating the facts.)
1. Before the plaintiff will be' entitled to recover of the city by virtue of the ordinance-declared-on as fixing a liability, she must bring herself plainly within its terms. In the attempt to do this it developed that Zipper,er, the deceased, was at the time of his death employed and paid’ by the Union Station Company; The trains of the Atlantic Coast Line'(formerly the Savannah, Florida & Western Bailway) and of the Seaboard Air-Line Bailway run into that station, and both of these roads have property there. In addition to the ordinance-set out in the foregoing…
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