Legal Opinion

Augusta Railway & Electric Co. v. Weekly

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 20, 1905PublishedCited by 28 opinions

Action for damages. Before Judge Eve. City court of Richmond county. August 31, 1905.

1Opinion of the CourtEvANS, J.

The plaintiff below, Joseph Weekly, brought an. action for damages against the Augusta Railway and Electric Company, alleging that he had received serious injuries by coming into-contact with a “live” wire belonging to the defendant company,, which was lying across a public thoroughfare in the city of Augusta. The trial resulted in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, and we-are called on to determine whether or not the company’s motion for a new trial should have been granted.

1. Our attention is called, in the first place, to the fact that the investigation of the case was not confined to…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Chenall v. Palmer Brick Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  2. Palmer Brick Co. v. ChenallSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  3. Atlanta & West Point Railroad v. HudsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  4. City of Rome v. SudduthSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  5. Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. McKenneySupreme Court of Georgia · 1902

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Southern Railway Co. v. SlatonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1930
  2. Davis v. WhitcombCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1923
  3. Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling Co. v. DannemanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1920
  4. Farrar v. FarrarCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1930
  5. Southern Railway Co. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907

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