Legal Opinion

Hancock County v. Williams

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 29, 1973No. 27916Published

1Opinion of the Court

230 Ga. 723 (1973)

198 S.E.2d 659

HANCOCK COUNTY

v.

WILLIAMS et al.

27916.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Argued May 14, 1973.

Decided June 29, 1973.

Thomas M. Jackson, for appellant.

Jones, Cork, Miller & Benton, Wallace Miller, Jr., Dickens & Hall, G. L. Dickens, Jr., for appellees.

2Per curiam

The eight children of Fannie Laura Williams filed suit against Hancock County, Georgia and the Georgia Power Company to recover for the death of their mother who was drowned when the automobile in which she was a guest passenger ran into Sinclair Lake, an artificial impoundment of water owned by the Georgia Power Company, on a…

Also in this document: Dissent.

3Cases cited8 opinions

  1. DeKalb County v. Georgia Paperstock Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1970
  2. Aven v. Steiner Cancer Hospital Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  3. Decatur County v. Praytor, Howton & Wood Contracting Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1927
  4. Hancock County v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
  5. Cartersville Improvement, Gas & Water Co. v. Mayor of CartersvilleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892

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