Legal Opinion

Mitchell County v. Dixon

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 3, 1917No. 8199, 8200PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Action for damages; from Mitchell superior court—I. J. Hofmayer, judge pro hac vice. April 19, 1916.

1Opinion of the Court

.George, J.

W. C. Dixon filed a suit against Mitchell County, in two counts. The first count, which the court below held good as against the county’s demurrer, alleged, in substance, that the plaintiff, on September -9, 1912, in the daytime, was driving in his buggy southward along a public road of Mitchell County, at a place where the public road crossed a stream, and where the county maintained a bridge over the stream; that the bridge was built since the year 1888, and that it consisted of a wooden structure about twenty feet long, measured along the said road, and earthen abutments for the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Cox v. StricklandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  2. Millwood v. DeKalb CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
  3. Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern Railway Co. v. WilsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  4. Elbert County v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1915
  5. Samples v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. KeatingSupreme Court of Georgia · 1933
  2. Board of Com'rs of Rogers County v. BaxterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1925
  3. Coffee County v. DentonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1941
  4. Bates v. Madison CountyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1924
  5. Keramidas v. Department of Human ResourcesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978

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