Legal Opinion
Hancock County v. Williams
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 29, 1973No. 27916PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Per 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 road which ran directly into such lake without any warning sign. The complaint alleged the unconstitutionality of Code § 23-1502 for various reasons. Hancock County filed a motion to dismiss in which such Code Section was relied upon as to one ground.
A cross claim was…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- DeKalb County v. Georgia Paperstock Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1970
- Aven v. Steiner Cancer Hospital Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- Decatur County v. Praytor, Howton & Wood Contracting Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1927
- Cartersville Improvement, Gas & Water Co. v. Mayor of CartersvilleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1892
- Mayor of Macon v. Bibb CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1912
3Cited by24 opinions
- Miree v. United StatesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
- PMS Construction Co. v. DeKalb CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
- Rouse v. Department of Natural ResourcesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
- Williams v. Georgia Power Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- Miree v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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