Daly v. Stoddard
Supreme Court of Georgia
Actions. Husband and wife. Damages. Torts. Before Judge Fleming. Chatham Superior Court. December Term, 1879. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
This action was brought by Margaret Daly against John Stoddard et al., to recover damages for the death of her husband. He was killed by the giving away of a platform or bridge -along a row or range of buildings in Savannah, erected and rented by defendants to Hardee & Sons, among other tenants; he was killed while attempting, at the instance and in the employment of Hardee & Sons, to convey on said platform into their place of business an iron safe for their use; and he'was killed, it is alleged, by the platform’s giving way to this weight and precipitating him down…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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