Legal Opinion

Atlanta Gas Light Co. v. Sams

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 8, 1923No. 13499PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Damages; from Fulton superior court — Judge Ellis. February 17, 1922. Application for certiorari was denied by tbe Supreme Court. The plaintiff and her family lived in Canton, Georgia, in the year 1918. The family consisted of herself, her husband, the deceased boy, who was the oldest child, two other boys, and a girl, aged respectively 13, 11, and 9. The husband worked as a bookkeeper in a store in Canton for $75 a month.

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Damages; from Fulton superior court — Judge Ellis. February 17, 1922. Application for certiorari was denied by tbe Supreme Court. The plaintiff and her family lived in Canton, Georgia, in the year 1918. The family consisted of herself, her husband, the deceased boy, who was the oldest child, two other boys, and a girl, aged respectively 13, 11, and 9. The husband worked as a bookkeeper in a store in Canton for $75 a month. Before leaving Canton, in February, 1918, the deceased boy was working there at a salary of $30 a month. When he came to Atlanta, Georgia, he was employed at $60 a month by…

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Skogland v. St. Paul Gaslight Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1903

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Swayzee v. City of AugustaSupreme Court of Kansas · 1923
  2. Howell Gas of Athens, Inc. v. CoileCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1965
  3. Black v. City of CordeleCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
  4. Bugg v. HarperCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1926
  5. Quick Tire Service Inc. v. BallCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1925

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