Georgia Power & Light Co. v. Baxter

Leroy Baxter brought suit for damages against the Georgia Power & Light Company because of the death of his *728wife, growing out of the alleged negligence of the defendant in supplying, for the use of the people of Donalsonville, water contaminated and polluted by certain bacteria or germs known to medical science as typhoid bacilli, in quantities and amounts sufficient to produce typhoid fever, which she contracted as a direct result of drinking such water. Plaintiff alleged that the water supply of the city became foul, polluted, and contaminated with said germs on a day subsequent to the time…