Legal Opinion

Corley v. Cobb County

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 2, 1917No. 8922PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Action for damages; from Cobb superior court — Judge Searcy^ presiding. April 24, 1917.

1Opinion of the CourtWade, C. J.

J. T. Corley brought suit against Cobb county, seeking damages for personal injuries to his wife, and alleged, in brief, that on May 26, 1914, while his wife was driving a horse attached to a buggy, from her home on the Powder Springs road, a public highway, to Marietta, Georgia, and while descending a long hill commonly known as “Goodman Hill,” at a point about midway thereof and about 150 yards south of the public bridge which spans the “two-mile branch,” the horse, from a cause unknown to the driver, suddenly became frightened, ran down the hill, and continued his flight on to the bridge;…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Stamps v. Newton CountyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1910
  2. Schaeffer v. Jackson TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1892
  3. Glasier v. . Town of HebronNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  4. Thubron v. Dravo Contracting Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1913
  5. Waller v. Town of HebronAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1896

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. City of Dallas v. MaxwellTexas Commission of Appeals · 1923
  2. Bulloch County Hospital Authority v. FowlerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1971
  3. Eberhart v. Seaboard Air-Line Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1925
  4. Monaco v. Comfort Bus Line, Inc.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1946
  5. Georgia Power Co. v. MurrayCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1937

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