Owens v. Georgia Power Company

Grice, Presiding Justice.

This case arose when Charlie Owens, by his mother Mrs. Ruth Brooks as next friend, filed a complaint in the Superior Court of Bibb County against the Georgia Power Company seeking damages for severe injuries received from an electrical current while he was in the backyard of his home immediately adjacent to the right of way and power lines of the power company. The defendant’s answer denied the essential allegations of the plaintiff’s complaint.

Upon the trial before a jury a substantial verdict was rendered for the plaintiff. The trial court overruled the defendant’s…