Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Covington
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Littlejohn. Stewart superior court. January 19, 1912.
1Opinion of the CourtFisir, C. J.
1. If a telephone company erects a telephone pole, and negligently sets it in the ground too short a distance, and Dy reason thereof one of its linemen engaged in stretching wires upon it, in the exercise of ordinary care, and without knowledge pr equal opportunity with the company to know of the improper construction, is injured ,by the falling of the pole, he may recover damages in an action against the company.
2. If a telephone company purchases or acquires from another a permanent structure, such as a pole already erected, for the carrying on of its business, and thereafter puts its…
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- Flanagan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
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- Garfield v. Passumpsic Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1917
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