Legal Opinion

Jackson Electric Membership Corp. v. Echols

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided September 12, 1951No. 33563PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWorrell, J.

The Jackson Electric Membership Corporation sued Mrs. C. C. Echols and her husband C. C. Echols to enjoin their interference with their agents in the erection of an electric power transmission or distribution line across the property of the defendants. The plaintiff based its claim of right upon a blanket form of easement executed by Mrs. Echols in August 1941, which conveyed to the plaintiff the right to enter upon the described lands of the defendant and “to place, construct, operate, repair, maintain, relocate and replace thereon and in or upon all streets, roads or highways abutting said…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Gaston v. Gainesville & Dahlonega Electric Railway Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  2. Martin v. Seaboard Air-Line RailwaySupreme Court of Georgia · 1913

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Herren v. PettengillSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
  2. Cooke v. WAKE ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATIONSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1957
  3. Bibb County v. Georgia Power Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1999
  4. State Highway Department v. CrowCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1951
  5. Wilann Properties I, LLC v. Georgia Power Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2013

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