Legal Opinion

Southern States Portland Cement Co. v. Helms

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 10, 1907No. 442PublishedCited by 35 opinions

Action for damages, from city court of Polk county — Judge Irwin. March 25, 1907. The error assigned in this case is the overruling of a general ■and special demurrer to the plaintiff’s petition. -The petition, in substance, alleges: (1) The jurisdiction of the court over the person of the defendant. (2) That defendant has damaged plaintiff in the sum of ten thousand dollars.

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Action for damages, from city court of Polk county — Judge Irwin. March 25, 1907. The error assigned in this case is the overruling of a general ■and special demurrer to the plaintiff’s petition. -The petition, in substance, alleges: (1) The jurisdiction of the court over the person of the defendant. (2) That defendant has damaged plaintiff in the sum of ten thousand dollars. (3) That “petitioner is the wife of one Charles E. Helms, who was, on the 2,4th day of October, 1905, killed while engaged at his work as what is known as oiler, at the plant of defendant, where the defendant is engaged…

1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.

1. In the case of Cedartown Cotton & Export Co. v. Miles, ante, 79, 58 S. E. 289, this court undertook to discuss andio elaborate the form and nature of a petition for the recovery by a •servant against his master of damages for personal injuries received in the course of the employment. The petition in this case .•seems to come up to the standard there set. In fact, if the pleadeT in this case had had the opinion just referred to before him, he ■could hardly have followed it with greater accuracy. The nature oí The servant’s employment, of the instrumentality causing tire injury, and of the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Moore v. Dublin Cotton MillsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
  2. Babcock Bros. Lumber Co. v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  3. Cedartown Cotton & Export Co. v. MilesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
  4. Southern Cotton-Oil Co. v. GladmanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
  5. Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. DukesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Fulton Ice & Coal Co. v. PeceCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1923
  2. Henderson v. Nolting First Mortgage Corp.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1937
  3. Platt v. Southern Photo Material Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
  4. Cochrell v. Langley Manufacturing Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
  5. Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. SharpeCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1950

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