Legal Opinion

Rhodes v. Savannah Gas Co.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 23, 1917No. 7595Published

Action for damages; from city court of Savannah—Judge Davis Freeman. May 13, 1916.

1Opinion of the CourtWade, C. J.

From the allegations in the petition it clearly appears that

the proximate cause of the injury was the negligence of a fellow servant engaged with the plaintiff in performing the same work (Whitfield v. L. & N. Railroad Co., 7 Ga. App. 268, 270, 66 S. E. 973, and cases there cited; McDonald v. Eagle & Phenix Mfg. Co., 68 Ga. 839, 844; Hamby v. Union Paper Mills Co., 110 Ga. 1, 35 S. E. 297; Moore v. Dublin Cotton Mills, 127 Ga. 624, 56 S. E. 839; Studevant v. Blue Springs Lumber Co., 16 Ga. App. 668, 85 S. E. 977) ; and since the proposed amendment set up no sufficient additional facts to make…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Kelly v. Strouse & Bros.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  2. Moore v. Dublin Cotton MillsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
  3. McCook v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
  4. McDonald v. Eagle & Phenix Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1882
  5. Hamby v. Union Paper-Mills Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1900

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