Sedlmeyr v. City of Fitzgerald
Supreme Court of Georgia
. Action for damages. Before Judge George. Ben Hill superior court. March 9, 1912.
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
Bertha Sedlmeyr instituted suit against the City of Fitzgerald for. damages on account of the homicide of her sixteen-year-old unmarried son, on whom she was dependent, and who contributed sub- . stantially to her support, alleging, in substance as follows: The defendant owned and operated an electric-light system, and maintained certain electric wires stretched on poles along a designated alley, twenty fee.t and four inches above and parallel with the ground, which wires on a designated day were heavily charged with electricity. J. J. Terry owned a house, twenty feet high, which he decided…
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