Dollar v. City of Thomasville
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Thomasville—Judge W. H. Hammond. April 9, 1919.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
The petition as amended alleged, that the plaintiff was inexperienced as to matters concerning the latent dangers incident to working upon and handling electric wires, and that the defendant employed him with full knowledge of this fact; that he had worked only three weeks for the defendant when he was instructed by its foreman to climb an electric-light pole, carrying with him the loose end of a wire, for the purpose of attaching it to the end of another electric-light wire, which had previously broken. He alleged further that he did not know that there were two wires entwined about the…
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- Olds-Oakland Co. v. RountreeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. JenkinsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
- Dorsey v. Columbus RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
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- Georgia Power Co. v. PuckettCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1935