Dozier v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Reid. City court of Atlanta. September 6, 1902. . The plaintiff was employed by the city to assist in unloading large water-pipes. While so engaged he was injured -by one of the pipes falling and striking him, “because of the negligence of said city in not furnishing derricks, ropes, and tools sufficient to lift and handle said pipes, and in not furnishing men enough to lift same.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Reid. City court of Atlanta. September 6, 1902. . The plaintiff was employed by the city to assist in unloading large water-pipes. While so engaged he was injured -by one of the pipes falling and striking him, “because of the negligence of said city in not furnishing derricks, ropes, and tools sufficient to lift and handle said pipes, and in not furnishing men enough to lift same. Said city knew that more men and derricks and ropes were needed for the safe handling of said pipe, but petitioner did not know and “had no way of knowing such facts. While…
1Opinion of the CourtCandlek, J.
It being necessarily inferable from the allegations of the petitiofc that the plaintiff’s injuries were occasioned by his having assumed a risk- or. dinarily incident to the work in which he was employed; and it not being made to appear that for any good reason he could not have seen and avoided the danger to which he was exposed, the court did not err in sustaining the demurrer filed by the defendant. Judgment affirmed.
By five Justices. . The plaintiff was employed by the city to assist in unloading large water-pipes. While so engaged he was injured -by one of the pipes falling and striking…
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