Legal Opinion

Read v. City & Suburban Railway Co.

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 28, 1902PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Action for damages. Before Judge Norwood. City court of Savannah. August 30, 1901.

1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, P. J.

At the October term, 1899, of this court, a judgment of the lower court granting a nonsuit in this case was reversed and the case remanded to the court below for further proceedings. 110 Ga. 166. A trial was had therein at the July term, 1900, resulting in a verdict for the defendant; and Read, the , plaintiff, is now here complaining of a judgment overruling his motion for a new trial. It appears that he was injured at the intersection of Congress and Whitaker streets, in the city of Savannah, by a sagging wire of the defendant company, with which he came in contact while being driven along…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. City of Columbus v. OgletreeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1895

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Cotton v. Willmar & Sioux Falls Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
  2. Crosby v. Savannah Electric & Power Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1966
  3. Hightower v. LandrumCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1964
  4. Coleman v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908
  5. Atchison, T. &. S. F. Ry. Co. v. McNultyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1922

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