Legal Opinion
Dyar v. Georgia Power Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided October 4, 1934No. 13918PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Bonham.
Georgia Power Company is a foreign corporation. It has lands, dams, and reservoirs on Tugaloo River in Oconee County, S. C., used and useful in connection with its business of generating and disposing of electrical power. Its offices are in Atlanta, Ga, and its plants for the generation of electricity are in Georgia. The plaintiff, claiming that his lands, which are in Oconee County, below the defendant’s dams and reservoirs on Tugaloo River, have been injured by overflow due to the negligent, willful, wanton, and grossly careless…
2Cases cited45 opinions
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- Green v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Galpin v. PageSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Thompson v. Ford Motor CompanySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1942
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- Wiggins & Sons, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1936
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